Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§285e–1 Special Functions

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 5 — national institute on aging › § 285e–1

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must make sure training programs produce enough allied health, nursing, and paramedical workers who can care for older people. The Institute’s Director must do three things: study how HHS-supported programs affect the physical, medical, social, and mental sides of aging; run public education programs to share research and useful information about aging with older people and the public; and give grants to nonprofit public and private groups to fund research on Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Title 42, §285e–1

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(a)Education and training of adequate numbers of personnel

In carrying out the training responsibilities under this chapter or any other Act for health and allied health professions personnel, the Secretary shall take appropriate steps to insure the education and training of adequate numbers of allied health, nursing, and paramedical personnel in the field of health care for the aged.

(b)Scientific studies

The Director of the Institute shall conduct scientific studies to measure the impact on the biological, medical, social, and psychological aspects of aging of programs and activities assisted or conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services.

(c)Public information and education programs

The Director of the Institute shall carry out public information and education programs designed to disseminate as widely as possible the findings of research sponsored by the Institute, other relevant aging research and studies, and other information about the process of aging which may assist elderly and near-elderly persons in dealing with, and all Americans in understanding, the problems and processes associated with growing older.

(d)Grants for research relating to Alzheimer’s Disease

The Director of the Institute shall make grants to public and private nonprofit institutions to conduct research relating to Alzheimer’s Disease.

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42 U.S.C. § 285e–1

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110