[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1480 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1480

  To amend the provisions of the Public Health Service Act regarding 
grants to States for projects relating to Alzheimer's disease, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 22 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

 Ms. Mikulski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the provisions of the Public Health Service Act regarding 
grants to States for projects relating to Alzheimer's disease, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 Home and Community Care 
Project Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

    Section 398(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c-
3(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``not less than 5, and not more than 15,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting after ``disorders'' the following: 
                ``who are living in single family homes or in 
                congregate settings''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) to improve access for individuals with Alzheimer's 
        disease or related disorders, particularly such individuals 
        from ethnic, cultural, or language minorities and such 
        individuals who are living in isolated rural areas, to services 
        that--
                    ``(A) are home-based or community-based long-term 
                care services; and
                    ``(B) exist on the date of enactment of this 
                paragraph; and''.

SEC. 3. DURATION.

    Section 398A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c-4) is 
amended--
            (1) in the title, by striking ``LIMITATION ON'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Limitation on''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``may not exceed'' and inserting 
                ``may exceed''; and
            (3) in subsection (b), in paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(C), by 
        inserting ``, and any subsequent year,'' after ``third year''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 398B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c-
5(e)) is amended by striking ``and 1993'' and inserting ``through 
1998''.

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