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[CITE: 42USC11222]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 118--ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS RESEARCH
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--ADVISORY PANEL ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
 
Sec. 11222. Functions of Panel

    (a) The Panel shall assist the Secretary and the Council in the 
identification of priorities and emerging issues with respect to 
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and the care of individuals 
with such disease and dementias. The Panel shall advise the Secretary 
and the Council with respect to the identification of--
        (1) emerging issues in, and promising areas of, biomedical 
    research relating to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias;
        (2) emerging issues in, and promising areas of, research 
    relating to services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and 
    related dementias and their families;
        (3) emerging issues and promising initiatives in home and 
    community based services, and systems of such services, for 
    individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their 
    families; and
        (4) emerging issues in, and innovative financing mechanisms for, 
    payment for health care services and social services for individuals 
    with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families, 
    particularly financing mechanisms in the private sector.

    (b) The Panel shall prepare and transmit to the Congress, the 
Secretary, and the Council, and make available to the public, an annual 
report. Such report shall contain such recommendations as the Panel 
considers appropriate for administrative and legislative actions to 
improve services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related 
dementias and their families and to provide for promising biomedical 
research relating to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

(Pub. L. 99-660, title IX, Sec. 922, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3807.)
