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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2363

 To provide for the establishment of regional centers to assist State 
  and local governments, health maintenance organizations, nonprofit 
   organizations, and other organizations in the development of peer-
support activities and other nonprofessional services to assist persons 
         to cope with and overcome persistent mental illnesses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2001

Mr. Greenwood (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Lee, Mr. Stark, Mr. Bonior, 
    Mr. Waxman, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Baldacci, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mrs. 
 Tauscher, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. English, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
 Towns, Ms. Hart, Mr. Shows, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
Andrews, Mr. DeFazio, and Mrs. Roukema) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on Engergy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the establishment of regional centers to assist State 
  and local governments, health maintenance organizations, nonprofit 
   organizations, and other organizations in the development of peer-
support activities and other nonprofessional services to assist persons 
         to cope with and overcome persistent mental illnesses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mental Illness Consumer-Run Services 
Support Act''.

SEC. 2. CENTERS TO PROMOTE CONSUMER-RUN SUPPORT SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 
this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall make awards of 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to public and nonprofit 
private entities to establish 10 regional centers that will assist 
State and local governments, health maintenance organizations, 
nonprofit organizations, and other organizations in the development of 
peer-support activities and other nonprofessional services that serve 
as a compliment to, rather than a substitute for, psychiatric treatment 
to assist persons to cope with and overcome persistent mental 
illnesses.
    (b) Preference in Making Awards.--In making awards under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall give preference to applicants that--
            (1) are consumer-run organizations;
            (2) have experience in planning, providing, and evaluating 
        services that are furnished to persons with mental illness by 
        nonprofessional peers who have a history of mental illness; and
            (3) follow established evidence-based practice with respect 
        to consumer-run and peer support programs.
    (c) Geographic Distribution.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
awards under subsection (a) with respect to regional centers are 
distributed equitably among the regions of the country and among urban 
and rural areas.
    (d) Application.--An award may be made under subsection (a) only if 
an application for the award is submitted to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and with such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require.
    (e) Evaluation.--An award may be made under subsection (a) only if 
the applicant involved agrees to submit to the Secretary an evaluation 
at the end of the program period regarding activities carried out under 
the award.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
for fiscal year 2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
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