HM 753

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to authorize legislation to create a Silver Alert
4	Grant Program.
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6	WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia
7	are characterized by the loss of the ability to reason, think,
8	and remember, and
9	WHEREAS, the National Institute on Aging has determined
10	that as many as 5 million Americans may be afflicted with
11	Alzheimer's disease, and
12	WHEREAS, the Alzheimer's Association estimates that more
13	than 60 percent of Americans who suffer from this affliction
14	will wander from the care of their loved ones in a confused and
15	distracted state, unable to find their way home, and
16	WHEREAS, several states have developed notification systems
17	patterned after the Amber Alert system that disseminate
18	information on missing senior citizens and other victims of
19	dementia-related disorders to law enforcement agencies, thereby
20	increasing the possibility that these victims will be rescued,
21	and
22	WHEREAS, the current financial recession has taken a toll
23	on state budgets making it difficult to underwrite the costs of
24	administering new notification programs, NOW, THEREFORE,
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26	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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28	That the Congress of the United States is urged to pass
29	legislation creating a Silver Alert Grant Program to help
30	establish and improve state-administered notification systems
31	that assist in locating missing senior citizens and other
32	individuals suffering from dementia-related disorders.
33	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
34	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
35	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
36	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
37	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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