National Institute of Mental Health Transfer Act of 1987

Summary

National Institute of Mental Health Transfer Act of 1987 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to transfer the National Institute of Mental Health (Institute) from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration to the National Institutes of Health. Sets forth the general purpose of the Institute. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Institute, to make grants for demonstration projects for the planning, coordination, and improvement of community services for chronically mentally ill individuals, seriously mentally disturbed children, and elderly individuals, and to conduct research concerning such services. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director, to make grants to States for the purpose of developing State comprehensive mental health plans. Requires the Director to develop and publish information respecting the causes and means of preventing suicide. Allows the Secretary, through the Director, to make grants to and enter into agreements with public and nonprofit private entities for research on mental illness.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 January 1987

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