I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3451
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 5, 2003
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mr. RANGEL, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 
DEUTSCH, Mr. FROST, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, 
Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. OWENS, 
and Mr. BERMAN) 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 pa-
tients and their families.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alzheimer’s Treatment 
and Caregiver Support Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT 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 330K the following: 
‘‘SEC. 330L. GRANTS REGARDING TREATMENT AND SUP-
PORT 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 treatment services for patients 
with Alzheimer’s disease and training and support services 
for families and caregivers of such patients. 
‘‘(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
grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant involved 
agree 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) APPROPRIATE CULTURAL CONTEXT.—A condi-
tion for the receipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that 
the applicant involved agree that, in any program to be 
funded by such grant, services will be provided in the lan-
guages and cultural contexts most appropriate for the in-
dividuals for whom the services are provided. 
‘‘(e) OUTREACH SERVICES.—A condition for the re-
ceipt of a grant under subsection (a) is that the applicant 
involved agree to provide outreach activities to inform the 
public of the services of the program, and to provide infor-
mation on Alzheimer’s disease. 
‘‘(f) 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. 
‘‘(g) 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 2005 
through 2009. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION
FOR
MEDICALLY
UNDER-
SERVED
COMMUNITIES.—Of the amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
make available not less than 10 percent for grants 
under subsection (a) to applicants that primarily 
serve medically underserved communities, as defined 
in section 799B(6).’’.
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