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 PUBLIC LAW 99-660—NOV. 14, 1986

100 STAT. 3811

Subpart 3—Responsibilities of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment RESEARCH PROGRAM AND PLAN

SEC. 947. (a) The Director of the National Center for Health Grants. Services Research and Hesdth Care Technology Assessment shall ^2 USC 11261. conduct, or make grants for the conduct of, research relevant to appropriate services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families. (b)(1) Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment shall prepare and transmit to the Chairman of the Council a plan for the research to be conducted under subsection (a). The plan shall— (A) provide for the inventory and analysis of existing data and studies relevant to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, including data and studies available through the Health Care Financing Administration, the Administration on Aging, the National Center for Health Statistics, the Office of Human Development Services, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the Veterans' Administration; (B) provide for research concerning the costs incurred by individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in obtaining services, particularly services which are essential to such inchviduals and which are not needed by other patients under long-term care; (C) provide for research on the costs of various interventions to provide services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families; (D) provide for research on the cost-effectiveness of various service interventions for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families; and (E) ensure that research carried out under the plan is coordinated with, and uses, to the maximum extent feasible, resources of, other Federal programs relating to Alzheimer's disease and dementia, including centers supported under section 445 of the Public Health Service Act, centers supported by the National 42 USC 289h. Institute of Mental Health on psychopathology of the elderly, relevant activities of the Administration on Aging, other programs and centers involved in research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias supported by the Department, and other programs relating to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias which are planned or conducted by Federal agencies other than the Department, State or local agencies, community organizations, or private foundations. (2) Within one year after transmitting the plan required under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment shall prepare and transmit to the Chairman of the Council such revisions of such plan as the Director considers appropriate. (c) In preparing and revising the plsm required by subsection (b), the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment shall consult with the Chairman of the Council and the heads of agencies within the Department.

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