Title: Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to expand training and support services for families and caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2972 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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. Barragan, 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. Sanchez, 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 Illinois, 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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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 disease.
    ``(b) Recipients of Grants.--The public and nonprofit private 
health care providers to whom grants may be made under subsection (a) 
include health care organizations, community health centers, nursing 
homes, senior centers, Area Agencies on Aging, community-based 
organizations, 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 agrees to employ a comprehensive approach to 
Alzheimer's care that integrates treatment of patients with Alzheimer's 
disease with training and support services for the patients' families 
and caregivers.
    ``(d) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate 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 patients 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 condition 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 languages 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 receipt 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 information on Alzheimer's disease.
    ``(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 Secretary 
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 underserved communities.--Of 
        the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, 
        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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