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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4123 

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 19, 2009 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. 

SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WOLF, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. LINDA T. 

SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 

KILDEE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. GENE GREEN

of Texas, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 

MEEK of Florida, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. MASSA, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SIRES, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KENNEDY, 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CLAY, 

Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KUCINICH, 

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. OLVER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

HIGGINS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, and 

Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California) 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 330L the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 330M. 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 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) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi7 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

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

9 funded by such grant, services will be provided in the lan10 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

11 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

12 services are provided. 

13 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re14 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

15 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

16 public of the services of the program, and to provide infor17 mation on Alzheimer’s disease. 

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

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

20 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

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

22 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec23 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

24 ‘‘(g) FUNDING.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 

3 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 

4 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 

5 through 2015. 

6 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION FOR MEDICALLY UNDER7 SERVED COMMUNITIES.—Of the amounts appro8 priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 

9 Secretary shall make available not less than 10 per10 cent for grants under subsection (a) to applicants 

11 that primarily serve medically underserved commu12 nities, as defined in section 799B(6).’’. 

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