Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Community_Mental_Health_Act
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
gptkb:Public_Health_Service_Act
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| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:1963_in_American_law
gptkb:Mental_health_law_in_the_United_States |
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
88th United States Congress
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| gptkbp:focus |
mental health
intellectual disability |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
marked a major shift from institutionalization to community-based mental health care in the United States
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
President John F. Kennedy's advocacy for mental health reform
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| gptkbp:providesFor |
construction of community mental health centers
construction of facilities for people with intellectual disabilities |
| gptkbp:publicLawNumber |
gptkb:Public_Law_88-164
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to provide federal funding for the construction of community mental health centers and facilities for people with intellectual disabilities
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:deinstitutionalization_movement
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
October 31, 1963 |
| gptkbp:title |
An Act to assist in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community mental health centers, and for other purposes
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Community_Mental_Health_Act
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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