BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SJR 4
Author: Correa (D), et al
Amended: 5/20/09
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 32-1, 4/23/09
AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo,
Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Denham, DeSaulnier,
Dutton, Florez, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal,
Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Romero,
Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Walters, Wiggins, Wolk,
Wright, Wyland, Yee
NOES: Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Benoit, Ducheny, Harman, Hollingsworth,
Oropeza, Runner, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 8/17/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Alzheimers Silver Alert program
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges the President and the
Congress of the United States to act to establish a
federally controlled Alzheimers Silver Alert program to
locate missing persons with dementia and establish a
federal grant program to aid states in establishing local
Silver Alert programs.
Assembly Amendments made technical/nonsubtantive changes.
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ANALYSIS :
Resolution Findings
1.At least 5,200,000 Americans suffer from Alzheimer's
disease, a progressive and fatal brain disease that
causes loss of memory and verbal, sensory, and other
cognitive functions.
2.Sixty percent of patients with Alzheimer's disease will
wander away from home and only four percent of those
patients will be able to find their way back home without
assistance. Half of seniors and others with dementia who
wander away from home, on foot or in a car, sustain
injury if not found within 24 hours.
3.The senior population has been steadily growing and the
aging of the baby boomer generation will likely increase
the number of persons suffering from dementia, thereby
increasing the number of persons injured or killed while
wandering.
4.A new type of missing persons program, known as the
Silver Alert, has been developed and adopted by several
states and has resulted in the safe return of a majority
of persons with dementia reported missing.
5.Legislators from other states are discussing proposals
for Silver Alert programs for introduction in 2009.
6.A nationally coordinated program, similar to the Amber
Alert program for missing children, could promote the
best practices, based on ideas and experiences of
existing states' Silver Alert programs, and spread those
best practices to other states, resulting in a national
program incorporating the media and law enforcement.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
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Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Duvall,
Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,
Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber,
Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner,
Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Conway, Cook, DeVore, Knight, Logue,
Smyth, Vacancy
CTW:cm 8/19/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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