Sec. 937. research program and plan

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## Sec. 937 research program and plan **[**11271**]** ###

(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. ###

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(1)Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 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. The plan shall— 11So in law. Probably should be “subsection (a)”. #####

(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 Medicaid12 programs and through private health insurance for needed services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families; and 12Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act. #####

(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.