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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 2646 (Introduced in House) — To make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals with mental illness and... · Sec. 813

Sec. 813. Protection and advocacy activities to focus exclusively on safeguarding rights to be free from abuse and neglect

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Section 101(b) of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10801(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before are protected ; and in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before through activities to ensure . Section 103(2)(A) of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10803(2)(A) ) is amended by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before the semicolon.
Section 104(a)(1) of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10804(a)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting to be free from abuse and neglect; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the protection and advocacy activities of such an agency or organization shall be exclusively focused on safeguarding the rights of individuals with mental illness to be free from abuse and neglect. .
Section 105 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10805 ), as amended by sections 811 and 812, is further amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before shall ; in paragraph (6)(A), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before the semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: be exclusively focused on safeguarding the rights of individuals with mental illness to be free from abuse and neglect; and ; and in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before shall have a governing authority .
Section 111(a) of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10821(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before the semicolon; in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (5); and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: assurances that such system, and any State agency or nonprofit organization with which such system may enter into a contract under section 10804(a), will be exclusively focused on safeguarding the rights of individuals with mental illness to be free from abuse and neglect; and . Section 114(a) of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act ( 42 U.S.C. 10824(a) ) is amended— in paragraph
(1)in the matter before subparagraph (A), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before supported with payments ; in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before supported with payments ; and in paragraph (4), by inserting to be free from abuse and neglect before and a description .
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Sec. 813
Protection and advocacy activities to focus exclusively on safeguarding rights to be free from abuse and neglect
U.S.C.§ 10801
U.S.C.§ 10803
U.S.C.§ 10804
U.S.C.§ 10805
U.S.C.§ 10821
U.S.C.§ 10824
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