Government Proposal Would Shift
Control of Alaska’s Mentally 111
To Territory With Federal Aid
WASHINGTON, OP—Secretary';
of the Interior McKay Saturday j
disclosed a government proposal j
to shift responsibility for care and i
treatment of the mentally ill in
Alaska to the territory.
McKay said the proposed pro
gram would provide three kinds
of federal assistance to aid the
territory in meeting the financial
burden.
He said the proposal has the
“full support” of his department
and also is backed by the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare and the Budget Bureau.
The proposed federal assistance
would be:
1. Annual grants to be admin
istered by the U.S. Public Health
Service on a declining scale over
a 10-year period. McKay said that
for the first two years grants of
$1 million annually would be
made—“about $100,000 more than
---
current costs of the federal pro
gram.”
2. An appropriation of 6V2 mil
lion dollars to be spent by the
health service over a 10-year per
iod for construction of mental
health treatment facilities.
3. Transfer to the territory of
500,000 acres of public lands, in
cluding mineral deposits. Reven
ues from the land grant would be
used for the care and treatment
of the mentally ill.
McKay outlined the proposals
in an interim report to Chairman
Engle (D-Calif) of the House In
terior Committee.
The committee had asked his
views on pending bills proposing
<1) establishment of a modern
program for hospitalization of the
mentally ill of Alaska and (2)
construction of a hospital and oth
er facilities.
The pending bills would place
responsibility of the proposed
mental health program under the
federal secretary of welfare.
McKay endorsed the provisions
to relieve his department of the
responsibility but added: “I be
lieve the time has come to provide
for and to facilitate the transfer
of basic responsibility in this field
to the Territory of Alaska where
it belongs.”
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