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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3090 

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

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2015 

Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 

Mr. FATTAH, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE

of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Mr. DELANEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 

EDWARDS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAHN, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. 

LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LINDA T. 

SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VAN

HOLLEN, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) 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 training 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 Caregiver 

3 Support Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TRAINING 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 330L the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 330M. GRANTS REGARDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT 

11 SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS AND 

12 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 training and support services for 

16 families and caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s dis17 ease. 

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 agrees 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) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordi7 nate with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s 

8 Health and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 

9 Health in order to ensure that women, minorities, and pa10 tients who live in medically underserved communities (as 

11 defined in section 799B(6)) are able to benefit from the 

12 training and support services funded through grants under 

13 subsection (a). 

14 ‘‘(e) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi15 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

16 the applicant involved agrees that, in any program to be 

17 funded by such grant, services will be provided in the lan18 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

19 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

20 services are provided. 

21 ‘‘(f) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re22 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

23 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

24 public of the services of the program, and to provide infor25 mation on Alzheimer’s disease. 


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1 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 

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

3 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

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

5 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec6 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

7 ‘‘(h) FUNDING.— 

8 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 

10 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 

11 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2016 

12 through 2021. 

13 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION FOR MEDICALLY UNDER14 SERVED COMMUNITIES.—Of the amounts appro15 priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 

16 Secretary shall make available not less than 10 per17 cent for grants under subsection (a) to applicants 

18 that primarily serve medically underserved commu19 nities, as defined in section 799B(6).’’. 

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