Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization Act of 2012

Bill: 112-hr-2800
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2011-08-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aging
Department of Justice
Emergency communications systems
Executive agency funding and structure
Law enforcement administration and funding
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: 
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2011 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program through FY2018 and to revise program requirements to: (1) provide for competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to assist in locating missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; (2) expand such program to include locating other missing elderly individuals; (3) require the Attorney General to solicit grants for program applications in the Federal Register and on the Department of Justice (DOJ) website; and (4) establish a preference in awarding grants to national nonprofit organizations that have a direct link to patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families (currently, grants may be awarded to only such organizations). 

action_date: 2012-09-11
text: 
Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2012 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise requirements relating to the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program to direct the Attorney General to: (1) award competitive grants to assist nonprofit organizations in paying for the costs of locally based, proactive programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias; and (2) give a preference for such grants to national nonprofit organizations that have experience working with patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families (currently, the Attorney General is directed to award a single grant to a national voluntary organization to operate the Program). Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-09-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5790)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5790)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2800.
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5790-5791)
action_date: 2012-09-11
text: Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-651.
action_date: 2012-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-651.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-08-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-07-26
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2011-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-08-05
text: Introduced in House