42 U.S.C. § 11291

Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)
Section 11291 - Providing information for personnel of Social Security Administration
(a) The Secretary shall develop a mechanism to ensure the prompt provision of the most current information concerning Alzheimer's disease and related dementias to the Commissioner of Social Security, particularly information which will increase the understanding of personnel of the Social Security Administration concerning such disease and dementias.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Security shall ensure that information received under subsection (a) is provided to personnel of the Social Security Administration, particularly personnel involved in the process of determining, for purposes of titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 401 et seq., 1381 et seq.], whether an individual is under a disability.

42 U.S.C. § 11291

Pub. L. 99-660, title IX, §961, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3814.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act are classified generally to subchapters II (§401 et seq.) and XVI (§1381 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.

Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1 See References in Text note below.