ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE INVOLVEMENT.

SEC. 206. ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE INVOLVEMENT. (a) In General.— Title H of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 210. ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE INVOLVEMENT. “(a) State Contact Persons.— Each State shall designate an individual to serve as a State contact person for the purpose of receiving and disseminating information and communications received from the Council, including the bimonthly bulletin described in section 203(a)(7). “(b) State Interagency Councils and Lead Agencies.— Each State is encouraged to establish a State interagency council on the homeless or designate a lead agency for the State for the purpose of assuming primary responsibility for coordinating and interacting with the Council and State and local agencies as necessary.”. (b) Conforming Amendment.— The table of contents in section 101(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 prec.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 209 the following new item: “Sec. 210. Encouragement of State involvement”.