42 USC § 10824 - Reports by Secretary

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s10824"
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title: "42 USC § 10824 - Reports by Secretary"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "10824"
section_name: "Reports by Secretary"
chapter_number: 114
chapter_name: "PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SYSTEMS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Administrative Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–319, title I, § 114, May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 484; Pub. L. 102–173, § 10(2), Nov. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 1219; Pub. L. 106–402, title IV, § 401(b)(13)(B), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1739; Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VI, § 6022(b), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1216.)"
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# § 10824. Reports by Secretary

**(a)** The Secretary shall include in each report required under section 15005 of this title a separate statement which contains—

**(1)** a description of the activities, accomplishments, and expenditures of systems to protect and advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness supported with payments from allotments under this subchapter, including—

**(A)** a specification of the total number of individuals with mental illness served by such systems;

**(B)** a description of the types of activities undertaken by such systems;

**(C)** a description of the types of facilities providing care or treatment with respect to which such activities are undertaken;

**(D)** a description of the manner in which such activities are initiated; and

**(E)** a description of the accomplishments resulting from such activities;

**(2)** a description of—

**(A)** systems to protect and advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness supported with payments from allotments under this subchapter;

**(B)** activities conducted by States to protect and advocate such rights;

**(C)** mechanisms established by residential facilities for individuals with mental illness to protect and advocate such rights; and

**(D)** the coordination among such systems, activities, and mechanisms;

**(3)** a specification of the number of systems established with allotments under this subchapter and of whether each such system was established by a public or nonprofit private entity;

**(4)** recommendations for activities and services to improve the protection and advocacy of the rights of individuals with mental illness and a description of needs for such activities and services which have not been met by systems established under this subchapter; and

**(5)** using data from the existing required annual program progress reports submitted by each system funded under this subchapter, a detailed accounting for each such system of how funds are spent, disaggregated according to whether the funds were received from the Federal Government, the State government, a local government, or a private entity.

**(b)** In preparing each statement required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall use and include information submitted to the Secretary in the reports required under section 10805(a)(7) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–319, title I, § 114, May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 484; Pub. L. 102–173, § 10(2), Nov. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 1219; Pub. L. 106–402, title IV, § 401(b)(13)(B), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1739; Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title VI, § 6022(b), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1216.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016—Subsec. (a)(5).  added par. (5).

2000—Subsec. (a).  substituted “” for “” in introductory provisions.

1991—Subsec. (a).  substituted “individuals with mental illness” for “mentally ill individuals” wherever appearing.