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[CITE: 42USC280c-3]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
                Part K--Health Care Services in the Home
 
     subpart ii--grants for demonstration projects with respect to 
                           alzheimer's disease
 
Sec. 280c-3. Establishment of program


(a) In general

    The Secretary shall make grants to States for the purpose of 
assisting grantees in carrying out demonstration projects for planning, 
establishing, and operating programs--
        (1) to coordinate the development and operation with public and 
    private organizations of diagnostic, treatment, care management, 
    respite care, legal counseling, and education services provided 
    within the State to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related 
    disorders and to the families and care providers of such 
    individuals;
        (2) to provide home health care, personal care, day care, 
    companion services, short-term care in health facilities, and other 
    respite care to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related 
    disorders who are living in single family homes or in congregate 
    settings;
        (3) to improve the access of such individuals to home-based or 
    community-based long-term care services (subject to the services 
    being provided by entities that were providing such services in the 
    State involved as of October 1, 1995), particularly such individuals 
    who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups, who have 
    limited proficiency in speaking the English language, or who live in 
    rural areas; and
        (4) to provide to health care providers, to individuals with 
    Alzheimer's disease or related disorders, to the families of such 
    individuals, to organizations established for such individuals and 
    such families, and to the general public, information with respect 
    to--
            (A) diagnostic services, treatment services, and related 
        services available to such individuals and to the families of 
        such individuals;
            (B) sources of assistance in obtaining such services, 
        including assistance under entitlement programs; and
            (C) the legal rights of such individuals and such families.

(b) Requirement with respect to certain expenditures

    The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) of this 
section to a State unless the State agrees to expend not less than 50 
percent of the grant for the provision of services described in 
subsection (a)(2) of this section.

(c) Relationship to items and services under other programs

    A State may not make payments from a grant under subsection (a) of 
this section for any item or service to the extent that payment has been 
made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such 
item or service--
        (1) under any State compensation program, under an insurance 
    policy, or under any Federal or State health benefits program; or
        (2) by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid 
    basis.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, Sec. 398, as added Pub. L. 100-175, 
title VI, Sec. 602, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 981; amended Pub. L. 101-
557, title I, Sec. 102(a), (b), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2767; Pub. L. 
105-392, title III, Sec. 302(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3586.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 398 of act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, 
formerly Sec. 399a, as added Oct. 22, 1965, Pub. L. 89-291, Sec. 2, 79 
Stat. 1066; renumbered Sec. 399, Mar. 13, 1970, Pub. L. 91-212, 
Sec. 10(c)(3), 84 Stat. 67; renumbered Sec. 398, July 23, 1974, Pub. L. 
93-353, title II, Sec. 204, 88 Stat. 373, which related to the 
continuing availability of appropriated funds, was classified to section 
280b-10 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-158, Sec. 3(b), 
Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 879.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 302(a)(1), struck out ``not 
less than 5, and not more than 15,'' after ``shall make'' in 
introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 302(a)(2), inserted ``who are 
living in single family homes or in congregate settings'' after 
``disorders'' and struck out ``and'' at end.
    Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 105-392, Sec. 302(a)(3), (4), added 
par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-557, Sec. 102(a), substituted ``shall 
make not less than 5, and not more than 15, grants'' for ``shall make 
not less than 3, and not more than 5, grants''.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-557, Sec. 102(b), substituted ``with 
public and private organizations'' for ``by public and private 
organizations''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 280c-4, 280c-5 of this 
title.
