I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2972 
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 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 
YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. COLE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CLARKE 
of New York, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KEATING, Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LEE, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. 
TONKO, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
SIRES, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. SOTO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ELLISON, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. PETERSON, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. KELLY of Il-
linois, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, and 
Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania) 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alzheimer’s Caregiver 
Support Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT 
SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 330M the following: 
‘‘SEC. 330N. GRANTS REGARDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT 
SERVICES FOR ALZHEIMER’S PATIENTS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants 
to public and nonprofit private health care providers for 
the purpose of expanding training and support services for 
families and caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s dis-
ease. 
‘‘(b) RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS.—The public and non-
profit private health care providers to whom grants may 
be made under subsection (a) include health care organi-
zations, community health centers, nursing homes, senior 
centers, Area Agencies on Aging, community-based orga-
nizations, and State, local, and tribal health agencies and 
social service agencies. 
‘‘(c) INTEGRATION OF TREATMENT, TRAINING, AND 
SUPPORT SERVICES.—A condition for the receipt of a 
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grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant involved 
agrees to employ a comprehensive approach to Alzheimer’s 
care that integrates treatment of patients with Alz-
heimer’s disease with training and support services for the 
patients’ families and caregivers. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordi-
nate with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s 
Health and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 
Health in order to ensure that women, minorities, and pa-
tients who live in medically underserved communities (as 
defined in section 799B(6)) are able to benefit from the 
training and support services funded through grants under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi-
tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 
the applicant involved agrees that, in any program to be 
funded by such grant, services will be provided in the lan-
guages most appropriate for, and with consideration for 
the cultural backgrounds of, the individuals for whom the 
services are provided. 
‘‘(f) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re-
ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 
involved agrees to provide outreach activities to inform the 
public of the services of the program, and to provide infor-
mation on Alzheimer’s disease. 
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‘‘(g) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—A grant may be 
made under subsection (a) only if an application for the 
grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application 
is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains 
such agreements, assurances, and information as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
For the purpose of carrying out this section, there 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2018 
through 2023. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION
FOR
MEDICALLY
UNDER-
SERVED
COMMUNITIES.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall make available not less than 10 per-
cent for grants under subsection (a) to applicants 
that primarily serve medically underserved commu-
nities, as defined in section 799B(6).’’. 
Æ 
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