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42 U.S. Code § 11225. The National Alzheimer’s Project
(a) Definition of Alzheimer’s
In this Act, the term “Alzheimer’s” means Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
(b) Establishment
There is established in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services the National Alzheimer’s Project (referred to in this Act as the “Project”).
(c) Purpose of the ProjectThe Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary’s designee, shall—
(1)
be responsible for the creation and maintenance of an integrated national plan to overcome Alzheimer’s;
(2)
provide information and coordination of Alzheimer’s research and services across all Federal agencies;
(3)
accelerate the development of treatments that would prevent, halt, or reverse the course of Alzheimer’s;
(4) improve the—
(A)
early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease; and
(B)
coordination of the care and treatment of citizens with Alzheimer’s;
(5)
ensure the inclusion of ethnic and racial populations at higher risk for Alzheimer’s or least likely to receive care, in clinical, research, and service efforts with the purpose of decreasing health disparities in Alzheimer’s; and