Residential Treatment Centers for Emotionally Disturbed Children in the District of Columbia Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on District of Columbia.
Residential Treatment Centers for Emotionally Distrubed Children in the District of Columbia Act - Directs the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to plan, establish, maintain, and operate residential treatment centers to be located in each community health catchment area for emotionally distrubed children which shall provide the following services on a twenty-four hour basis to outpatient children: (1) psychiatric treatment; (2) medical and dental treatment; (3) psychological services; (4) educational services; (5) medical and dental treatment; (3) psychological services; (4) educational services; (5) recreational therapy; (6) social services to relate the child to his or her family and to the community; and (7) nutritional services. Provides for the rental, remodeling, renovation, alteration and construction of facilities and the acquisition of necessary equipment and supplies, consultation, and educational services to other child-serving agencies, volunteer services, and such other services as the Commissioner deems appropriate. Establishes requirements for the staffing and patient load of such residential treatment centers. Provides for the administration of the centerss by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia in conjunction with the District of Columbia Council for Emotionally Disturbed Children, and authorizes appropriations of not less than $4,000,000 for each fiscal year after June 30, 1972 for the cost of operating the residential treatment centers and such sums as may be necessary for renting, remodeling, renovating, altering, constructing, or acquiring facilities to house such centers.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on January 3, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on January 3, 1973: Referred to House Committee on District of Columbia.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
W. STUCKEY (D-GA) introduced it on January 3, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 3, 1973, 19608 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19608 days ago, on January 3, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers