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[CITE: 42USC247a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                    Part B--Federal-State Cooperation
 
Sec. 247a. Family support groups for Alzheimer's disease 
        patients
        

(a) Establishment; priorities

    Subject to available appropriations, the Secretary, acting through 
the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institutes of 
Health, and the Administration on Aging, shall promote the establishment 
of family support groups to provide, without charge, educational, 
emotional, and practical support to assist individuals with Alzheimer's 
disease or a related memory disorder and members of the families of such 
individuals. In promoting the establishment of such groups, the 
Secretary shall give priority to--
        (1) university medical centers and other appropriate health care 
    facilities which receive Federal funds from the Secretary and which 
    conduct research on Alzheimer's disease or provide services to 
    individuals with such disease; and
        (2) community-based programs which receive funds from the 
    Secretary, acting through the Administration on Aging.

(b) National network to coordinate groups

    The Secretary shall promote the establishment of a national network 
to coordinate the family support groups described in subsection (a) of 
this section.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 316, as added Pub. L. 99-319, 
title IV, Sec. 401, May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 489; amended Pub. L. 103-43, 
title XX, Sec. 2008(a), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 210.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 247a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, 
Sec. 316, as added Nov. 10, 1978, Pub. L. 95-626, title II, Sec. 208(a), 
92 Stat. 3586; amended Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97-35, title XXI, 
Sec. 2193(a)(1)(A), 95 Stat. 826, related to lead-based paint poisoning 
prevention programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-35, title XXI, 
Sec. 2193(b)(1), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 827.
    Another prior section 247a, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, 
Sec. 316, as added Oct. 30, 1970, Pub. L. 91-515, title II, Sec. 281, 84 
Stat. 1307, provided for establishment, composition, qualifications of 
members, terms of office, vacancies, reappointment, compensation, travel 
expenses, and functions of National Advisory Council on Comprehensive 
Health Planning Programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 93-641, Sec. 5(d), 
Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-43 struck out subsec. (c) which read 
as follows: ``The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than one 
year after May 23, 1986, on family support groups and the network of 
such groups established pursuant to this section.''
