SB330 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg AlbrittonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Public Health, require Dept of Public Health to provide education to public regarding care for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, provide funding, Secs. 22-50-70, 22-50-71, 22-50-72, 22-50-73, 22-50-74 repealed

Summary

The bill creates the Alabama Alzheimer's and Dementia Education, Care and Training Act, moving education and support for dementia care to the Department of Public Health and repealing older dementia-education duties from the Department of Mental Health.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes the Department of Public Health to develop educational programs and services about Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and related illnesses for individuals, their families, and the general public. It allows the department to provide instructors to train families, home caregivers, and other caregivers to support in-home or community-based care and to help reduce costs. It provides funding options (legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, and user fees when recipients can pay) and requires that fees, if charged, be used for the act's purposes. It repeals existing dementia-education provisions and shifts responsibility from the Department of Mental Health to the Department of Public Health.

Who It Affects

• Individuals with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or related diseases and their families will have access to education, services, and training to support care at home or in the community.
• Family members and other caregivers (including home health providers and residential caregivers) will receive instructor-led training and technical assistance to improve at-home care and potentially reduce overall care costs.

Key Provisions

• The Department of Public Health may develop educational programs and services about Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and related diseases for patients, families, and the public.
• DPH may provide instructors to train and support family members, home health providers, and other caregivers at the home or in similar settings.
• Instructors' training aims to promote long-term home care and reduce health care costs for the state, families, and facilities.
• DPH can adopt rules to implement the act, and the Legislature can provide funding to establish and maintain the programs.
• DPH may accept gifts, grants, and donations, and may charge reasonable fees to recipients who can pay; collected fees must be used for the act's purposes.
• Sections 22-50-70 through 22-50-74 (previous dementia-education provisions) are repealed.
• The act becomes effective October 1, 2019.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Public Health Department