§11271 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§11271 Research Program and Plan

Title 42 › Chapter 118— ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS RESEARCH › Subchapter IV— RESEARCH RELATING TO SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS AND THEIR FAMILIES › Part 3— Responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services › § 11271

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must do research, or pay others to do it, about services for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and their families. Within 6 months after November 14, 1986, the Administrator must prepare and send a research plan to the Chairman of the Council. The plan must find what services are needed so people can stay at home or in community settings; estimate the costs of those services and who pays; check whether Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance provide adequate benefits; and estimate the costs to Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers of providing those benefits. Within one year after sending the plan, and every year after that, the Administrator must send updates to the Chairman. When making or revising the plan, the Administrator must consult with the Chairman of the Council and the heads of agencies in the Department.

Title 42, §11271

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(a)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)(1)Within 6 months after November 14, 1986, 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).11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “subsection”. 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)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.

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Amendments

2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(5)(B)(i), substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “National Health Care Financing Administration”. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(5)(B)(ii), substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration” in introductory provisions. Subsecs. (b)(2), (c). Pub. L. 108–173, § 900(e)(5)(B)(iii), (iv), substituted “Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services” for “Health Care Financing Administration”.