42 U.S.C. § 247a
Family support groups for Alzheimer’s disease patients
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 247a, Family support groups for Alzheimer’s disease patients, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/475153
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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—
The Secretary shall promote the establishment of a national network to coordinate the family support groups described in subsection (a).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993