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[CITE: 42USC3032]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 35--PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
   SUBCHAPTER IV--TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AND 
                                PROGRAMS
 
                     Part A--Education and Training
 
Sec. 3032. Multidisciplinary centers of gerontology and 
        gerontology centers of special emphasis; establishment and 
        support; requirements; data
        
    (a) The Assistant Secretary may make grants to public and private 
nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions for the purpose of 
establishing or supporting multidisciplinary centers of gerontology, and 
gerontology centers of special emphasis (including emphasis on 
nutrition, employment, health (including mental health), disabilities 
(including severe disabilities), income maintenance, counseling 
services, supportive services and minority populations). Such centers 
shall conduct research and policy analysis and function as a technical 
resource for the Assistant Secretary, policymakers, service providers, 
and the Congress. Multidisciplinary centers of gerontology shall--
        (1) recruit and train personnel;
        (2) conduct basic and applied research directed toward the 
    development of information related to aging;
        (3) stimulate the incorporation of information on aging into the 
    teaching of biological, behavioral, and social sciences at colleges 
    and universities;
        (4) help to develop training programs in the field of aging at 
    schools of public health, education, social work, and psychology, 
    and other appropriate schools within colleges and universities;
        (5) serve as a repository of information and knowledge on aging;
        (6) provide consultation and information to public and voluntary 
    organizations, including State agencies and area agencies on aging, 
    which serve the needs of older individuals in planning and 
    developing services provided under other provisions of this chapter; 
    and
        (7) if appropriate, provide information relating to assistive 
    technology.

    (b) Centers supported under this section shall provide data to the 
Assistant Secretary on the projects and activities for which funds are 
provided under this subchapter. Such data shall include the number of 
personnel trained, the number of older individuals served, the number of 
schools assisted, and other information that will facilitate achieving 
the objectives of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, Sec. 412, as added Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 11(a), 
Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1601; amended Pub. L. 98-459, title IV, 
Sec. 404, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1782; Pub. L. 100-175, title I, 
Secs. 105(e)(2), 134(c)(4), 146(c), 156(b), Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 
930, 941, 950, 954; Pub. L. 102-375, title I, Sec. 102(b)(10)(I), title 
IV, Sec. 405, title IX, Sec. 904(a)(17), Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1202, 
1245, 1308; Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 
1990.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3032, Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, Sec. 402, as added 
Pub. L. 93-29, title IV, Sec. 401, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 45; amended 
Pub. L. 95-478, title I, Sec. 104(a)(2), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1537, 
related to appraisal and assessment of personnel needs of field of 
aging, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 97-
115.
    Another prior section 3032, Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, Sec. 402, July 
14, 1965, 79 Stat. 224, related to payments of grants, providing in: 
subsec. (a) for contribution by recipients; subsec. (b) adjustments, 
advances or reimbursement, installments and conditions; and subsec. (c) 
consultation of Secretary with State agency prior to making grants or 
contracts, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 93-29, title IV, Sec. 401, May 3, 
1973, 87 Stat. 45.
    A prior section 412 of Pub. L. 89-73, as added Pub. L. 93-29, title 
IV, Sec. 401, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 47, related to special study and 
demonstration projects on transportation problems of older Americans and 
was classified to section 3035a of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. 
L. 95-478, title I, Sec. 104(b)(3), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1539.
    Provisions similar to those comprising section 3032 were contained 
in former section 3036 of this title prior to the general amendment of 
this subchapter by Pub. L. 97-115.
    A prior section 3033, Pub. L. 89-73, title IV, Sec. 403, as added 
Pub. L. 93-29, title IV, Sec. 401, May 3, 1973, 87 Stat. 46; amended 
Pub. L. 94-135, title I, Sec. 109, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 717; Pub. L. 
95-478, title I, Sec. 104(a)(3), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1537, related 
to task of attracting qualified persons to field of aging, prior to the 
general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 97-115.


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-171 substituted ``Assistant Secretary'' for 
``Commissioner'' wherever appearing.
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 405(1), inserted 
``counseling services,'' after ``maintenance,''.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 405(2), inserted ``social 
work, and psychology,'' after ``education,''.
    Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 102(b)(10)(I), substituted 
``State agencies and area agencies on aging'' for ``State and area 
agencies''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 904(a)(17), substituted 
``objectives'' for ``purposes''.
    1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-175, Secs. 105(e), 134(c)(4), 156(b), 
substituted ``health (including mental health), disabilities (including 
severe disabilities), income maintenance, supportive services, and 
minority populations'' for ``health, income maintenance and supportive 
services''.
    Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 100-175, Sec. 146(c), added par. (7).
    1984--Pub. L. 98-459 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted provisions relating to emphasis on nutrition, employment, 
health, income maintenance and supportive services and provisions 
requiring the centers to conduct research and policy analysis and 
function as a technical resource for the Commissioner, policymakers, 
service providers, and the Congress, and added pars. (1) to (6) and 
subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-175 effective Oct. 1, 1987, except not 
applicable with respect to any area plan submitted under section 3026(a) 
of this title or any State plan submitted under section 3027(a) of this 
title and approved for any fiscal year beginning before Nov. 29, 1987, 
see section 701(a), (b) of Pub. L. 100-175, set out as a note under 
section 3001 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-459 effective Oct. 9, 1984, see section 
803(a) of Pub. L. 98-459, set out as a note under section 3001 of this 
title.
