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(2) may not exceed whichever of the following is the lower: (A) 15 per centum of the costs with respect to which such other staffing grant is made, or (B) that percentage of such costs which when added to the percentage of such costs covered by such other staffing grant equals 100 per centum.

(c) For purposes of making initial grants under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973. There are also authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each of the next eight fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to continue to make grants under this section for projects which received initial grants under this section from appropriations authorized for any fiscal year ending before July 1, 1973.

DEFINITION OF TECHNICAL PERSONNEL

SEC. 265. For purposes of this title, the term "techni- 42 U.S.C. 2688s cal personnel" includes accountants, financial counselors, medical transcribers, allied health professions personnel, dietary and culinary personnel, and any other personnel whose background and education would indicate that they are to perform technical functions in the operation of centers or facilities for which assistance is provided under this title; but such term does not include minor

clerical personnel or maintenance or housekeeping personnel.

APPROVAL BY NATIONAL ADVISORY MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL

SEC. 266. Grants made under this title (other than 42 U.S.C. 26881 parts C and D thereof) for the cost of construction and for the cost of compensation of professional and technical personnel may be made only upon recommendation of the National Advisory Mental Health Council established by section 217(a) of the Public Health Service Act. Grants under part C of this title for such costs may be made only upon recommendation of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Grants under part D of this title for such costs will undergo such review as is provided by section 217 (e) of the Public Health Service Act.

PART F-MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN

GRANTS FOR TREATMENT FACILITIES

SEC. 271. (a) Grants from appropriations under section 272(a) may be made to public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations (1) to assist them in meeting

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the costs of construction of facilities to provide mental health services for children within the States, and (2) to assist them in meeting a portion of the costs (determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary) of compensation of professional and technical personnel for the operation of a facility for mental health of children constructed with a grant made under part A or this part or for the operation of new services for mental health of children in an existing facility.

(b) (1) Grants may be made under this section only with respect to (A) facilities which are part of or affiliated with a community mental health center providing at least those essential services which are prescribed by the Secretary, or (B) where there is no such center serving the community in which such facilities are to be situated, facilities with respect to which satisfactory provision (as determined by the Secretary) has been made for appropriate utilization of existing community resources needed for an adequate program of prevention and treatment of mental health problems of children.

(2) No grant shall be made under this section with respect to any facility unless the applicant for such grant provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that such facility will make available a full range of treatment, liaison, and follow-up, services (as prescribed by the Secretary) for all children and their families in the service area of such facility who need such services, and will, when so requested, provide consultation and education for personnel of all schools and other community agencies serving children in such area.

(3) The grant program for construction of facilities authorized by subsection (a) shall be carried out consistently with the grant program under part A, except that the amount of any such grant with respect to any project shall be such percentage of the cost thereof, but not in excess of 6623 per centum (or 90 per centum in the case of a facility providing services for persons in an area designated by the Secretary as an urban or rural poverty area), as the Secretary may determine.

(c) Grants made under this section for costs of compensation of professional and technical personnel may not exceed the percentages of such costs, and may be made only for the periods, prescribed for grants for such costs under section 242.

(d) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, for grants under this part for construction and for initial grants under this part for compensation of professional

and technical personnel, and for training and evaluation grants under section 272.

(2) There are also authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and each of the next eight fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to continue to make grants with respect to any project under this part for which an initial staffing grant was made from appropriations under paragraph (1) for any fiscal year ending before July 1, 1973.

TRAINING AND EVALUATION

SEC. 272. The Secretary is authorized, during the period 42 U.S.C. 2688v beginning July 1, 1971, and ending with the close of June 30, 1973, to make grants to public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations to cover part or all of the cost of (1) developing specialized training programs or materials relating to the provision of services for the mental health of children, or developing inservice training or short-term or refresher courses with respect to the provisions of such services; (2) training personnel to operate, supervise, and administer such services; and (3) conducting surveys and field trials to evaluate the adequacy of the programs for the mental health of children within the several States with a view to determining ways and means of improving, extending, and expanding such programs.

TITLE III-TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF MENTALLY RETARDED AND OTHER HANDICAPPED CHILDREN 1

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1 Title III repealed effective July 1, 1971, by sec. 662, P.L. 91-230 and superseded by Title VI of the same Act.

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TITLE IV-GENERAL

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 401. For purposes of this Act

(a) The term "State" includes Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the District of Columbia.

(b) The term "facility for persons with developmental disabilities" means a facility, or a specified portion of a facility, designed primarily for the delivery of one or more services to persons with one or more developmental disabilities.

(c) The term "community mental health center" means a facility providing services for the prevention or diagnosis of mental illness, or care and treatment of mentally ill patients, or rehabilitation of such persons, which services are provided principally for persons residing in a particular community or communities in or near which the facility is situated.

(d) The terms "nonprofit facility for persons with developmental disabilities", "nonprofit community mental health center", and "nonprofit private institution of higher learning" mean, respectively, a facility for persons with developmental disabilities, a community mental health center, and an institution of higher learning which is owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual; and the term "nonprofit private agency or organization" means an agency or organization which is such a corporation. or association or which is owned and operated by one or more of such corporations or associations.

(e) The term "construction" includes construction of new buildings, acquisition, expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of any such buildings (including medical transportation facilities); including architect's fees, but excluding the cost of off-site improvements and the cost of the acquisition of land.

(f) The term "cost of construction" means the amount found by the Secretary to be necessary for the construction of a project.

(g) The term "title", when used with reference to a site for a project, means a fee simple, or such other estate or interest (including a leasehold on which the rental does

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