Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 1.djvu/1099

 PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

94 STAT. 1049

in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases of older individuals, including cardiopulmonary conditions, senile dementia, and neurological disorders; "(ii) an arrangement under which nursing or allied health personnel receive training and education in geriatrics through regular rotation through nursing home, extended care, or domiciliary units of such facility; "(iii) the ability to attract the participation of scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity in health-care research efforts; "(iv) a policymaking advisory committee composed of appropriate health-care and research representatives of the facility and of the affiliated school or schools to advise the directors of such facility and such center on policy matters pertaining to the activities of such center during the period of the operation of such center; and "(v) the capability to conduct effectively evaluations of the activities of such center. "(D) Prior to providing funds for the operation of any such center at a health-care facility other than a health-care facility designated under subparagraph (B)(i) of this paragraph, the Administrator shall assure that the center at each facility designated under such subparagraph is receiving adequate funding to enable such center to function effectively in the areas of geriatric research, education, and clinical activities. "(2)(A) The Administrator shall establish in the Department of Medicine and Surgery a Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Committee'). The membership of the Committee shall be appointed by the Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, and shall include individuals who are not employees of the Federal Government and who have demonstrated interest and expertise in research, education, and clinical activities related to aging and at least one representative of a national veterans' service organization. The Administrator, upon the recommendation of the Chief Medical Director, shall invite representatives of other appropriate departments and agencies of the United States to participate in the activities of the Committee and shall provide the Committee with such staff and other support as may be necessary for the Committee to carry out effectively its functions under this paragraph. "(B) The Committee shall— "(i) advise the Chief Medical Director on all matters pertaining to geriatrics and gerontology; "(ii) assess, through an evaluation process (including a site visit conducted not later than three years after the date of the establishment of each new center and not later than two years after the date oi the last evaluation of those centers in operation on the date of the enactment of this subsection), the ability of each center established under paragraph (1) of this subsection to achieve its established purposes and the purposes of title III of the Veterans' Administration Health-Care Amendments of 1980; "(iii) assess the capability of the Veterans' Administration to provide high quality geriatric, extended, and other health-care services to eligible older veterans, taking into consideration the likely demand for such services from such veterans; "(iv) assess the current and projected needs of eligible older veterans for geriatric, extended-care, and other health-care serv-

Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee. Membership.

Functions.

Ante, p. 1048.

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