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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3451

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for treatment 

and support services for Alzheimer’s patients and their families. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 5, 2003

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. WAXMAN, 

Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA ́, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. 

CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 

DEUTSCH, Mr. FROST, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, 

Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. OWENS, 

and Mr. BERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants 

for treatment and support services for Alzheimer’s patients and their families.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alzheimer’s Treatment 

3 and Caregiver Support Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT AND SUPPORT 

5 SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS AND 

6 THEIR FAMILIES. 

7 Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

9 section 330K the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 330L. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT AND SUP11 PORT SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS 

12 AND THEIR FAMILIES. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 

14 to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 

15 the purpose of expanding treatment services for patients 

16 with Alzheimer’s disease and training and support services 

17 for families and caregivers of such patients. 

18 ‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non19 profit private health care providers to whom grants may 

20 be made under subsection (a) include health care organi21 zations, community health centers, nursing homes, senior 

22 centers, Area Agencies on Aging, community-based orga23 nizations, and State, local, and tribal health agencies and 

24 social service agencies. 

25 ‘‘(c) INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT, TRAINING, AND

26 SUPPORT SERVICES.—A condition for the receipt of a 
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1 grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant involved 

2 agree to employ a comprehensive approach to Alzheimer’s 

3 care that integrates treatment of patients with Alz4 heimer’s disease with training and support services for the 

5 patients’ families and caregivers. 

6 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi7 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

8 the applicant involved agree that, in any program to be 

9 funded by such grant, services will be provided in the lan10 guages and cultural contexts most appropriate for the in11 dividuals for whom the services are provided. 

12 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re13 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

14 involved agree to provide outreach activities to inform the 

15 public of the services of the program, and to provide infor16 mation on Alzheimer’s disease. 

17 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

18 made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 

19 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

20 is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 

21 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec22 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

23 ‘‘(g) FUNDING.—

24 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

25 For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 
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1 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 

2 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2005 

3 through 2009. 

4 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION FOR MEDICALLY UNDER5 SERVED COMMUNITIES.—Of the amounts appro6 priated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

7 make available not less than 10 percent for grants 

8 under subsection (a) to applicants that primarily 

9 serve medically underserved communities, as defined 

10 in section 799B(6).’’.

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