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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2809 

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

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2009 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 and Caregiver Support Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT AND SUPPORT 

2 SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS AND 

3 THEIR FAMILIES. 

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

5 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

6 section 330L the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 330M. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT AND SUP8 PORT SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS 

9 AND THEIR FAMILIES. 

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

11 to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 

12 the purpose of expanding treatment services for patients 

13 with Alzheimer’s disease and training and support services 

14 for families and caregivers of such patients. 

15 ‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non16 profit private health care providers to whom grants may 

17 be made under subsection (a) include health care organi18 zations, community health centers, nursing homes, senior 

19 centers, Area Agencies on Aging, community-based orga20 nizations, and State, local, and tribal health agencies and 

21 social service agencies. 

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

23 SUPPORT SERVICES.—A condition for the receipt of a 

24 grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant involved 

25 agrees to employ a comprehensive approach to Alzheimer’s 

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1 heimer’s disease with training and support services for the 

2 patients’ families and caregivers. 

3 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi4 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

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

6 funded by such grant, services will be provided in the lan7 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

8 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

9 services are provided. 

10 ‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re11 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

12 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

13 public of the services of the program, and to provide infor14 mation on Alzheimer’s disease. 

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

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

17 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 

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

19 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec20 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

21 ‘‘(g) FUNDING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

23 For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 

24 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 


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1 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 

2 through 2015. 

3 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION FOR MEDICALLY UNDER4 SERVED COMMUNITIES.—Of the amounts appro5 priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 

6 Secretary shall make available not less than 10 per7 cent for grants under subsection (a) to applicants 

8 that primarily serve medically underserved commu9 nities, as defined in section 799B(6).’’. 

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