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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2798 

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 

AUGUST 5, 2011 

Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. 

CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LINDA T. 

SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, 

Mr. COHEN, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. FUDGE, 

and Mr. RUSH) 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Support Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TRAINING 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 TRAINING AND SUPPORT 

8 SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS AND 

9 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 training and support services for 

13 families and caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s dis14 ease. 

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) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordi4 nate with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s 

5 Health and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 

6 Health in order to ensure that women, minorities, and pa7 tients who live in medically underserved communities (as 

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

9 training and support services funded through grants under 

10 subsection (a). 

11 ‘‘(e) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi12 tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 

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

14 funded by such grant, services will be provided in the lan15 guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 

16 the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 

17 services are provided. 

18 ‘‘(f) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re19 ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 

20 involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 

21 public of the services of the program, and to provide infor22 mation on Alzheimer’s disease. 

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

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

25 grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 


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

2 such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec3 retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 

4 ‘‘(h) FUNDING.— 

5 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 

7 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2012 

9 through 2017. 

10 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION FOR MEDICALLY UNDER11 SERVED COMMUNITIES.—Of the amounts appro12 priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 

13 Secretary shall make available not less than 10 per14 cent for grants under subsection (a) to applicants 

15 that primarily serve medically underserved commu16 nities, as defined in section 799B(6).’’. 

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