42 U.S.C. § 290aa–17
Assisted outpatient treatment grant program for individuals with serious mental illness
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 290aa–17, Assisted outpatient treatment grant program for individuals with serious mental illness, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475778
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The Secretary shall establish a program to award not more than 50 grants each year to eligible entities for assisted outpatient treatment programs for individuals with serious mental illness.
The Secretary shall carry out this section in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, the Attorney General of the United States, the Administrator of the Administration for Community Living, and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The Secretary—
An assisted outpatient treatment program funded with a grant awarded under this section shall include—
preparing and executing treatment plans for such patients that—
Not later than the end of fiscal year 2023, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives on the grant program under this section. Each such report shall include an evaluation of the following:
In this section:
A grant under this section shall be in an amount that is not more than $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall determine the amount of each grant based on the population of the area, including estimated patients, to be served under the grant.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $22,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014House: no recorded tallySenate: 64–35
- 21st Century Cures ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally