federal share of staffing grants

federal share of staffing grants Sec. 201. (a) Effective with respect to costs of compensation of professional and technical personnel of any community mental health center for any period after June 30, 1970, for which a grant has been or is made under subsection (a) of section 220 of the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2688), subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(b) (1) Grants under this section for such costs for any center may be made only for the period beginning with the first day of the first month for which such a grant is made and ending with the close of eight years after such first day; and, except, as provided in paragraph (2), such grants with respect to any center may not exceed 75 per centum of such costs for each of the first two years after such first day, 60 per centum of such costs for the third year after such first day, 45 per centum of such costs for the fourth year after such first day, and 30 per centum of such costs for each of the next four years after such first day. “(2) In the case of any such center providing services for persons in an area designated by the Secretary as an urban or rural poverty area, grants under this section for such costs for any such center may not exceed 90 per centum of such costs for each of the first two years after such first day. 80 per centum of such costs for the third year after such first day, 75 per centum of such costs for the fourth and fifth years after such first day, and 70 per centum of such costs for each of the next three years after such first day.” (b) In the case of any community mental health center for which a staffing grant was made under section 220 of the Community Mental Health Centers Act before July 1, 1970, the provisions of subsection (b) of section 220 of such Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) shall, with respect to costs incurred after June 30, 1970, apply to the same extent as if such subsection (b) had been in effect on the date a staffing grant for such center was initially made.