PUBLIC LAW 99-319—MAY 23, 1986
100 STAT. 489
TITLE III—CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION
SEC. 801. (a) Titles I and II shall not be construed as establishing 42 USC I085i. any new rights for mentally ill individuals. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "mentally ill individual" has the same meaning as in section 102(3). TITLE IV—OTHER PROGRAMS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
SEC. 401. Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act is 42 USC 243. amended by inserting before section 317 the following: "FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATIENTS
"SEC. 316. (a) Subject to available appropriations, the Secretary, 42 USC 247a. 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) The Secretary shall promote the establishment of a national network to coordinate the family support groups described in subsection (a). "(c) The Secretary shall report to Congress, not later than one Reports, year after the date of the enactment of this section, on family support groups and the network of such groups established pursuant to this section.".
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