PUBLIC LAW 99-660—NOV. 14, 1986
100 STAT. 3805
(2) establish a mechanism for the sharing of information Aged persons. among all officers and employees of the Department involved in carrying out programs serving elderly individuals; (3) identify the most promising areas of research concerning Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (4) establish mechanisms to use the results of research Aged persons. concerning Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in the development of policies, programs, and means to improve the quality of life for older Americans; and (5) assist the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment in developing and coordinating the plans for research required under part E, and in making revisions in such plans. Post, p. 3808. (b)(1) Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Reports. Act, the Council shall transmit to the Congress and make available to the public a report detailing the plans for research prepared by the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment under part E. Such report shall— (A) describe, insofar as feasible, the activities to be carried out under such part during each of the fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991; and (B) ensure that activities carried out under such part are Aged persons. coordinated with, and use, to the maximum extent feasible, the resources of, other Federal programs relating to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, including centers supported under section 445 of the Public Health Service Act, centers 42 USC 289h. supported by the National Institute of Mental Health on the psychopathology of the elderly, relevant activities of the Administration on Aging, other centers supported by Federal funds involved in research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, 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 1 year after the date on which the report required by Reports. paragraph (1) is transmitted to the Congress, and annually there- Public after, the Council shall transmit to the Congress, and make avail- information. able to the public, a report on— (A) the revisions made by the National Institute on Aging, the ?' National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment in the plans for research required by part E; (B) progress made by research sponsored by the Federal 3 Government on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; and (C) new directions in research on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias which the Council considers potentially important.
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