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[CITE: 42USC11261]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 118--ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS RESEARCH
 
   SUBCHAPTER IV--RESEARCH RELATING TO SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 
      ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS AND THEIR FAMILIES
 
 Part 2--Responsibilities of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
 
Sec. 11261. Research program


(a) Grants for research

    The Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shall 
conduct, or make grants for the conduct of, research relevant to 
appropriate services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and 
related dementias and for their families.

(b) Research subjects

    The Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shall 
ensure that research conducted under subsection (a) of this section 
shall include research--
        (1) concerning improving the organization, delivery, and 
    financing of services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and 
    related dementias and for their families, including research on--
            (A) the design, staffing, and operation of special care 
        units for the individuals in institutional settings, as well as 
        individuals in institutional settings,\1\ as well as individuals 
        in home care, day care, and respite care; and
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    \1\ So in original. The words ``as well as individuals in 
institutional settings,'' probably should not appear.
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            (B) the exploration and enhancement of services such as home 
        care, day care, and respite care, that provide alternatives to 
        institutional care;

        (2) concerning the costs incurred by individuals with 
    Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and by their families in 
    obtaining services, particularly services that are essential to the 
    individuals and that are not generally required by other patients 
    under long-term care programs;
        (3) concerning the costs, cost-effectiveness, and effectiveness 
    of various interventions to provide services for individuals with 
    Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and for their families;
        (4) conducted in consultation with the Director of the National 
    Institute on Aging and the Commissioner of the Administration on 
    Aging, concerning the role of physicians in caring for persons with 
    Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and for their families, 
    including the role of a physician in connecting such persons with 
    appropriate health care and supportive services, including those 
    supported through State and area agencies on aging designated under 
    section 3025(a)(1) and (2)(A) of this title; and
        (5) conducted in consultation with the Director of the National 
    Institute on Aging and the Commissioner of the Administration on 
    Aging, concerning legal and ethical issues, including issues 
    associated with special care units, facing individuals with 
    Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and facing their families.

(Pub. L. 99-660, title IX, Sec. 934, as added Pub. L. 102-507, 
Sec. 7(b)(1)(B), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3285; amended Pub. L. 106-129, 
Sec. 2(b)(2), Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1670.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 11261, Pub. L. 99-660, title IX, Sec. 934, formerly 
Sec. 947, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3811; renumbered Sec. 934, Pub. L. 
100-607, title I, Sec. 142(c)(2)(B), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3057; Pub. 
L. 102-54, Sec. 13(q)(14)(B), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 282, related to 
research relevant to appropriate services for individuals with 
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 
102-507, Sec. 7(b)(1)(B).


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 106-129 substituted ``Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality'' for ``Administrator of 
the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research''.
