‘‘(3) the development of targeted communica-
tion strategies and tools to educate health profes-
sionals and service providers about the early recogni-
tion, diagnosis, care, and management of Alz-
heimer’s disease and other dementias, and to provide 
consumers with information about interventions, 
products, and services that promote cognitive health 
and assist consumers in maintaining current under-
standing about cognitive health based on the best 
science available; and 
‘‘(4) providing support for the collection, publi-
cation, and analysis of data and the prevalence and 
incidence of cognitive health, Alzheimer’s disease, 
and other dementias, and the evaluation of existing 
population-based surveillance systems (such as the 
Behavioral 
Risk 
Factors 
Surveillance 
Survey 
(BRFSS) and the National Health Interview Survey 
(NHIS)) to identify limitations that exist in the area 
of cognitive health, and if necessary, the develop-
ment of a surveillance system for cognitive decline, 
including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS.—The Secretary may award grants 
under this section— 
‘‘(1) to State and local health agencies for the 
purpose of— 
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‘‘(A) coordinating activities related to cog-
nitive health, Alzheimer’s disease, and other de-
mentias with existing State-based health pro-
grams and community-based organizations; 
‘‘(B) providing Alzheimer’s disease edu-
cation and training opportunities and programs 
for health professionals; and 
‘‘(C) developing, testing, evaluating, and 
replicating effective Alzheimer’s disease inter-
vention programs to maintain or improve cog-
nitive health; and 
‘‘(2) to nonprofit private health organizations 
with expertise in providing care and services to indi-
viduals with Alzheimer’s disease for the purpose 
of— 
‘‘(A) disseminating information to the pub-
lic; 
‘‘(B) testing model intervention programs 
to improve cognitive health; and 
‘‘(C) coordinating existing services related 
to cognitive health, Alzheimer’s disease, and 
other dementias with State-based health pro-
grams. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
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to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2014.’’. 
TITLE III—ASSISTANCE FOR 
CAREGIVERS 
SEC. 301. ALZHEIMER’S CALL CENTER. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.), as amended by section 201, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 399V. ALZHEIMER’S CALL CENTER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administration on Aging, shall award a cooperative 
grant to a non-profit or community-based organization to 
support the establishment and operation of an Alzheimer’s 
Call Center that is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a 
week, at the national and local levels, to provide expert 
advice, care consultation, information, and referrals re-
garding Alzheimer’s disease. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Alzheimer’s Call Center es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) collaborate with the Administration on 
Aging in the development, modification, and execu-
tion of the Call Center’s work plan; 
‘‘(2) assist the Administration on Aging in de-
veloping and sustaining collaborations between the 
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Call Center, the Eldercare Locator of the Adminis-
tration of Aging, and the grantees under the Alz-
heimer’s disease demonstration program under sub-
part II of part K; 
‘‘(3) provide a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 
toll-free call center with trained professional staff 
who are available to provide care consultation and 
crisis intervention to individuals with Alzheimer’s 
disease and other dementias, their family and infor-
mal caregivers, and others as appropriate; 
‘‘(4) be accessible by telephone through a single 
toll-free telephone number, website, and e-mail ad-
dress; and 
‘‘(5) evaluate the impact of the Call Center’s 
activities and services. 
‘‘(c) MULTILINGUAL CAPACITY.—The Call Center es-
tablished under this section shall have a multilingual ca-
pacity and shall respond to inquiries in at least 140 lan-
guages through its own bilingual staff and with the use 
of a language translation service. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSE
TO EMERGENCY
AND ONGOING 
NEEDS.—The Call Center established under this section 
shall collaborate with community-based organizations, in-
cluding non-profit agencies and organizations, to ensure 
local, on-the-ground capacity to respond to emergency and 
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on-going needs of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and 
other dementias, their families, and informal caregivers. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2014.’’. 
SEC. 302. INNOVATIVE ALZHEIMER’S CARE STATE MATCH-
ING GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
398B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280c–5(e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and such’’ and inserting 
‘‘such’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2014’’. 
(b) PROGRAM EXPANSION.—Section 398(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c–3(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘other 
respite care’’ the following: ‘‘and care consultation, 
including assessment of needs, assistance with plan-
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