Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness
Latest action · Feb 2, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community Assistance Act for Persons with Mental Illness - Authorizes the use of specified funds, by state and local governments under the community development, mental health services, and substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant programs of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act, to provide housing counseling and financial counseling for individuals before their release from institutions for individuals with mental illness.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to include in a state plan for comprehensive community-based mental health systems: (1) housing counseling; (2) financial counseling; and (3) support services for individuals released from inpatient or residential institutions.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 8, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 8, 2009 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 28, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Jan 28, 2009Referred to House Financial Services
- Jan 28, 2009Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2009Introduced in House
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