---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 441.106"
title: "42"
number: "441.106"
heading: "Comprehensive mental health program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/441.106"
---

# §441.106. Comprehensive mental health program.

- (a) If the plan includes services in public institutions for mental diseases, the agency must show that the State is making satisfactory progress in developing and implementing a comprehensive mental health program.
- (b) **The program must—**
  - (1) Cover all ages;
  - (2) **Use mental health and public welfare resources; including—**
    - (i) Community mental health centers;
    - (ii) Nursing homes; and
    - (iii) Other alternatives to public institutional care; and
  - (3) **Include joint planning with State authorities.**
- (c) The agency must submit annual progress reports within 3 months after the end of each fiscal year in which Medicaid is provided under this subpart.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 44 FR 17940, Mar. 23, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45229, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.