The Omnibus Budget Reform Act (OBRA) of 1987 prevented the housing of people with chronic mental illness in:
a. Nursing homes
b. State mental health facilities
c. Residential treatment centers
d. Homeless shelters
A
Many mentally ill, especially elderly, people were inappropriately placed in nursing homes with personnel who were not trained to care for these people. OBRA prevented this practice. State mental health facilities, residential treatment centers, and homeless shelters were not addressed in the OBRA of 1987.
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