A nursing instructor is teaching students about the Community Health Centers Act of 1963. What was a deterring factor to the proper implementation of this act?
A. Many perspective clients did not meet criteria for mental illness diagnostic-related groups.
B. Zoning laws discouraged the development of community mental health centers.
C. States could not match federal funds to establish community mental health centers.
D. There was not a sufficient employment pool to staff community mental health centers.
ANS: C
A deterring factor to the proper implementation of the Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 was that states could not match federal funds to establish community mental health centers. This act called for the construction of comprehensive community mental health centers to offset the effects of deinstitutionalization caused by the closing of state mental health hospitals.
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