[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR51.6]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 51--REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--Basic Requirements
 
Sec. 51.6  Use of allotments.

    (a) Allotments must be used to supplement and not to supplant the 
level of non-Federal funds available in the State to protect and 
advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness.

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    (b) Allotments may not be used to support lobbying activities to 
influence proposed or pending Federal legislation or appropriations. 
This restriction does not affect the right of any P&A system, 
organization or individual to petition Congress or any other government 
body or official using other resources.
    (c) Allotments may not be used to produce or distribute written, 
audio or visual materials or publicity intended or designed to support 
or defeat any candidate for public office.
    (d) If an eligible P&A system is a public entity, that P&A system 
shall not be required by the State to obligate more than five percent of 
its annual allotment for State oversight administrative expenses under 
this grant such as costs of internal or external evaluations, monitoring 
or auditing. This restriction does not include:
    (1) Salaries, wages and benefits of program staff;
    (2) Costs associated with attending governing board or advisory 
council meetings; or
    (3) Expenses associated with the provision of training or technical 
assistance for staff, contractors, members of the governing board or 
advisory council.
    (e) No more than ten percent of each annual allotment may be used 
for providing technical assistance and training, including travel 
expenses for staff, contractors, or members of the governing board or 
advisory council as defined in Sec. 51.27.
    (f) Allotments may be used to pay the otherwise allowable costs 
incurred by a P&A system in bringing lawsuits in its own right to 
redress incidents of abuse or neglect, discrimination, and other rights 
violations impacting on individuals with mental illness and when it 
appears on behalf of named plaintiffs or a class of plaintiffs for such 
purposes.