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Table 1.-NIMH extramural program allocations, fiscal year
1962

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Table 2.-NIMH extramural program expenditures, by
States, fiscal year 1962

57

Table 3.-NIMH extramural program expenditures, by prob-
lem areas, fiscal year 1962_

59

Per capita expenditures in last decade by the States for treatment of

all mental disorders, table submitted by Dr. Blain.

"Philosophy of Developmental Vision," by Jerome Rosner, O.D.

Policy statement of the Special Governor's Conference on Mental
Health, adopted at Chicago, Ill., November 10, 1961, submitted by
Governor Clement of Tennessee-

228

155

President's Panel on Mental Retardation, submitted by Dr. Robert E.
Cooke_

324

Program of the Council on Mental Health, submitted by Dr. Charles L.
Hudson, AMA.

328

"Psychiatric Services in General Hospitals," American Hospital Asso-
ciation, Chicago, Ill., a report submitted by Dr. Pratt.

194

Ray, David B., Jr., act No. 286 authorizing the Arkansas Children's
Colony board to finance properties, etc.-

189

State expenditures in the past decade to combat mental illness and
retardation, table submitted by Dr. Blain _ _ _ .

229

Statement of the President's program on mental illness, made by a
group of organizations of parents and relatives of mental patients,
etc.

434

"Vision Care of the Mentally Retarded Child: A Preliminary Report,"
by Harold N. Friedman, O.D.

269

"Visual Perceptual Training and the Retarded School Achiever," by
James Tramonti, O.D.-

254

Communications submitted to the committee—

Beckman, Dr. W. P., State director, mental health, dated March 23,
1963

457

Blain, Dr. Daniel, president, National Association of State Mental
Health Program Directors, letter dated April 16, 1963_

Bloomberg, Dr. Wilfred, commissioner of mental health, State of

Connecticut, dated March 25, 1963...

228

Brown, Hon. Edmund G., Governor of California, dated March 20,

1963

162

Carvel, Hon. Elbert N., Governor of Delaware, dated March 25, 1963-
Coates, J. Clifton, Vermont Association for Retarded Children, Inc.,
dated April 4, 1963.

165

465

Conte, Dr. William R., supervisor, Mental Health Department of

Institutions, State of Washington...

459

Hogshead, Thomas H., superintendent, New Mexico State Hospital,
dated March 25, 1963.

453

Hughes, Hon. Harold E., Governor of Iowa..

164

Hughes, Hon. Richard J., Governor of New Jersey, dated March 26,
1963

165

Kaplan, Robert I., D.D.S., president, Academy of Dentistry for the
Handicapped, dated April 4, 1963-

460

Karn, Dr. William N., superintendent, dated April 11, 1963.
Kerner, Hon. Otto, Governor of Illinois-

459

Letter dated March 26, 1963.

163

Letter dated March 5, 1963_.

163

Knudsen, Dr. Helen L., director, Division of Hospital Services,
Minnesota State Department of Health, letter dated February 20,
1963-

428

Robinson, Jerome, president, Maryland Association for Mental
Health, dated March 28, 1963.

456

Rosellini, Hon. Albert D., Governor of Washington, dated April 9,
1963

167

Russell, Hon. Donald S., Governor of South Carolina, dated March 6,
1963-

167

MENTAL HEALTH

MARCH 26, 1963

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,

Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 1334, Longworth Building, Hon. Kenneth A. Roberts (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Mr. ROBERTS. The Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety will come to order.

We are meeting today to consider H.R. 3688 and H.R. 3689, bills introduced by Mr. Harris on behalf of the administration to establish comprehensive community mental health centers and construction of research centers and facilities for the mentally retarded. We are considering these bills together since they deal with an interrelated health program which must be met within the framework of a national mental health program.

Identical bills have been introduced by the gentlemen from New York, Mr. Farbstein, H.R. 3939 and H.R. 3940; and Mr. Halpern, H.R. 3947 and H.R. 3948; our colleagues, Mr. Boland of Massachusetts, HR. 4622 and H.R. 4623; Mr. Pepper of Florida, H.R. 4663 and 4664, and Mr Flood of Pennsylvania, H.R. 5023. In addition, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Dent, has introduced H.R. 2567, dealing with the same subjects.

Title I of H.R. 3688, the "Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963" authorizes appropriations of such sums as Congress may determine for a 5-year matching grant program, beginning July 1, 1964, to assist in the construction of community mental health facilities. The purpose of these centers would be to provide coordinated services for the prevention or diagnosis of mental illness or the care, treatment, or rehabilitation of mentally ill patients and are intended to serve principally those persons residing in or near the area in which the facility is located. The Federal and State shares of the cost of construction are patterned after the matching requirements of other Federal health facilities construction programs.

Under title II of the act, grant funds would be made available for each fiscal year beginning July 1, 1965, to defray the initial costs of staffing the centers constructed with the assistance provided under title I.

H.R. 3689, known as the Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act of 1963 authorizes project grants in the amount of $30 million over a 5-year period, beginning July 1, 1963, for the construction of special centers for research on mental retardation, and related aspects of human development, up to 75 percent of the total cost. Title II of the

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act authorizes a 5-year grant program beginning July 1, 1964, for the construction of public and nonprofit facilities especially designed for the diagnosis, treatment, education, training, or custodial care of the mentally retarded. The bill earmarks $45 million of the sums appropriated during the program for facilities associated with a college or university hospital or other appropriate part of the educational institution.

The problems of the mentally ill and the mentally retarded have been long neglected and generally misunderstood by the public. The record is very clear, however, that we are spending billions of dollars annually to care for hundreds of thousands of mentally ill and retarded patients in our public institutions. Many of these unfortunate people are confined to facilities which are unable to provide minimal care for lack of adequate staff and space. In addition, almost half the patients have been in these hospitals for a decade or more. The concept of comprehensive community mental health centers, in which the patient receives care close to home, would radically change the approach to the treatment of the mentally handicapped. New knowledge, techniques, and drugs have made this possible."

To combat mental retardation requires improved community services and an accelerated research effort into its causes. Studies show that the incidence of mental retardation can be reduced by proper prenatal care. A comprehensive program can do much to improve conditions in this vital area of concern.

The President in his message on mental illness and mental retardation has referred to the need for national programs requiring a new approach by using Federal resources to stimulate State, local and private action with emphasis on prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. However, the initial cost of implementing these programs is beyond the capacity of the States and local communities and requires short-term Federal assistance. The bills before us are directed toward those goals.

We are very pleased at this time to call as our first witness the Honorable Claude Pepper who has introduced H.R. 4663 and H.R. 4664.

Copies of the bills referred to in the opening statement along with agency reports will be placed in the record at this time. (The bills and reports referred to follow :)

[H.R. 3688, 88th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To provide for assistance in the construction and initial operation of community mental health centers, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963".

TITLE I-CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

CENTERS

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 101. There are authorized to be appropriated, for grants for construction of public and other nonprofit community mental health centers, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, and each of the next four fiscal years such sums as the Congress may determine.

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