2012 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 102 - MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS (§§ 9401 - 9523)
Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 9411 - 9423)
Section 9412 - Definitions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 102 - MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 9412 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 9412 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-398, title I, §102, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1569; Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, §902(f)(1)(B), (C), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 560. |
| Statutes at Large References | 94 Stat. 1569, 1564 95 Stat. 560 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 96-398, Public Law 97-35 |
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(2) The term “State” includes (in addition to the fifty States) the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
(3) The term “nonprofit”, as applied to any entity, means an entity which is owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or person.
(Pub. L. 96–398, title I, §102, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1569; Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, §902(f)(1)(B), (C), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 560.)
References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 96–398, Oct. 7, 1980, 94 Stat. 1564, as amended, known as the Mental Health Systems Act, which enacted this chapter, amended sections 210, 225a, 229b, 242a, 246, 289k–1, 300l–2, 300m–2, 1396b, 2689a to 2689c, 2689e, 2689g, and 2689h of this title, repealed section 2689q of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 242a, 246, 289k–1, and 2689b of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9401 of this title and Tables.
Amendments1981—Pub. L. 97–35 redesignated former par. (5) as (3). Former pars. (3), (4), (6), and (7), which defined “State mental health authority”, “mental health service area”, “priority population group”, and “Governor”, respectively, were struck out.
Effective Date of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–35 effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 902(h) of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 238l of this title.
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsFor termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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