Residential Treatment Centers for Emotionally Disturbed Children in the District of Columbia Act

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.