US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 11271

Research program and plan

(a)

Grants for research

The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall 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)

Preparation of plan; contents; revision

(1)
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1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “subsection”.
Within 6 months after , the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall prepare and transmit to the Chairman of the Council a plan for research to be conducted under (a). The plan shall—
(A)
provide for a determination of the types of services required by individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their families to allow such individuals to remain living at home or in a community-based setting;
(B)
provide for a determination of the costs of providing needed services to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their families, including the expenditures for institutional, home, and community-based services and the source of payment for such expenditures;
(C)
provide for an assessment of the adequacy of benefits provided through the Medicare and Medicaid programs and through private health insurance for needed services for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their families; and
(D)
provide for a determination of the costs to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and to private health insurers (if available) of providing covered benefits to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their families.
(2)
Within one year after transmitting the plan required under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall prepare and transmit to the Chairman of the Council such revisions of such plan as the Administrator considers appropriate.
(c)

Consultation for preparation and revision of plan

In preparing and revising the plan required by subsection (b), the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall consult with the Chairman of the Council and the heads of agencies within the Department.

Pub. L. 99–660, title IX, § 937100 Stat. 3812 Pub. L. 100–607, title I, § 142(c)(2)(B)102 Stat. 3057 Pub. L. 108–173, title IX, § 900(e)(5)(B)117 Stat. 2373 (, formerly § 949A, , ; renumbered § 937, , , ; amended , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(5)(B)(i)2003—Subsec. (a). , substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “National Health Care Financing Administration”.

Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(5)(B)(ii)Subsec. (b)(1). , substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration” in introductory provisions.

Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(5)(B)(iii)Subsecs. (b)(2), (c). , (iv), substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration”.