What was the big event related to the mental health care system that occurred in the late 1980s?
A. The Reagan Administration's Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act terminated funding specifically for community mental health.
B. States refused to continue to be told how to spend their money by the federal level and refused to give matching funds to community mental health centers.
C. The budget crisis resulted in less funding on the federal level and more funding on the local level.
D. The President's Commission on Mental Health confirmed that community mental health centers were ineffective in meeting the needs of the patients.
ANS: A
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