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CS/SB 316: Alzheimer’s Disease

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Wise

Alzheimer’s Disease; Directing the Department of Elderly Affairs to develop and implement a public education program relating to screening for Alzheimer’s disease; providing criteria for awarding grants; creating the memory-impairment screening grant program; requiring grant recipients to submit an evaluation of certain activities to the department; authorizing the department to provide technical support; providing for implementation of the public education program to operate within existing resources of the department; providing that implementation of the memory-impairment screening grant program is contingent upon an appropriation of state funds or the availability of private resources; specifying the types of facilities where an employee or direct caregiver providing care for persons with Alzheimer’s disease may begin employment without repeating certain training requirements, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations (BHA)
  3. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/21/2011 Senate • Filed
10/4/2011 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 32
10/20/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/03/11, 10:30 am, 401 Senate Office Building
11/3/2011 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 112
11/4/2011 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
11/16/2011 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 112
11/17/2011 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 109
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 32
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 101
1/19/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations, 01/24/12, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/24/2012 Senate • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 279
• Now in Budget -SJ 279
2/16/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/21/2012 Senate • Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 671
2/22/2012 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/27/12
2/27/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/12
2/28/2012 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 689
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/29/2012 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 708
• CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 708
3/1/2012 House • In Messages
3/9/2012 House • Died in Messages