Mental Health Advocacy Act

Summary

Mental Health Advocacy Act - Amends the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 to require as a condition to a State receiving grants under such Act that the State establish a Statewide agency for mental health advocacy. Declares that the function of such an agency shall be to protect and advocate the rights of individuals identified as seriously disabled psychiatric patients. States that such an agency shall have the authority to pursue legal, administrative, and other remedies to insure the protection of the rights of seriously disabled psychiatric patients who are receiving treatment, services, or rehabilitation within the State. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish the National Clearinghouse on Mental Health Advocacy Coalitions to assist State and local coalitions with developing mental health services.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 March 1978

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