42 U.S.C. § 247a : US Code - Section 247A: Family support groups for Alzheimer's disease patients

Search 42 U.S.C. § 247a : US Code - Section 247A: Family support groups for Alzheimer's disease patients

(a) Establishment; priorities
Subject to available appropriations, the Secretary, acting
through the National Institute of Mental Health, the National
Institutes of Health, and the Administration on Aging, shall
promote the establishment of family support groups to provide,
without charge, educational, emotional, and practical support to
assist individuals with Alzheimer's disease or a related memory
disorder and members of the families of such individuals. In
promoting the establishment of such groups, the Secretary shall
give priority to -
(1) university medical centers and other appropriate health
care facilities which receive Federal funds from the Secretary
and which conduct research on Alzheimer's disease or provide
services to individuals with such disease; and
(2) community-based programs which receive funds from the
Secretary, acting through the Administration on Aging.
(b) National network to coordinate groups
The Secretary shall promote the establishment of a national
network to coordinate the family support groups described in
subsection (a) of this section.