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FROM: Supervisor Fanden '
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� DATE: February County
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SUBJECT: Support for SB 139 Mello , Alzheimer' s and related diseases
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Recommendation:
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Support SB 139 , introduced by Senator Henry Mello to provide
$5 million for research into the cause, cure and prevention
of �Alzheimer' s and related disorders . '
Background:
According to Mello, Chair of the Senate Subcom. on Aging,
"Fifty percent of nursing home patients suffer from
Alzheimer' s Disease and related disorders at an estimated
annual cost of over $363 million."
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR __ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON FEB 10
1907 _ APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED � OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED FEB 10 1987
Health Services Director ti Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Senator Henry Mello Supervisors and County Administrator
M302/7.83 BY DEPUTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor r,. t a
County Administrator I(�J,V,I�.I
DATE: February 4, 1987 Costa
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SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 139 (Mello)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in support of SB 139 by Senator Henry Mello
which would make additional funds available to post secondary
higher education institutions affiliated with medical centers to
operate diagnostic and treatment centers for victims of
Alzheimer' s disease, and administer grant programs for research
on Alzheimer' s disease and related disorders.
BACKGROUND:
Under existing law, the State Department of Health Services
administers grant programs to establish diagnostic and treatment
centers for Alzheimer' s patients and also administers grant
programs for research to discover the cause of and a cure for
Alzheimer' s disease. Under current law, these grants are
required to be reduced by the amount of any available federal
funds.
At the Board meeting on February 3rd, Supervisor Fanden indicated
her wish that the Board go on record in support of SB 139.
Senator Mello has introduced SB 139, which makes the following
changes in existing law:
1. SB 139 deletes the requirement that the grants be
reduced by the amount of available federal funds.
2. The bill requires that the grant funds be used first to
maintain and prevent program cutbacks to existing
centers.
3 . The bill expands the grant program for research
purposes to include the treatment, prevention,
incidence, and prevalence of Alzheimer' s disease and
also adds related disorders for research purposes.
4 . SB 139 also requires the State Department of Health
Services to submit an annual report to the Legislature
regarding the progress of the grant programs both for
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_X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S : 1.,
ACTION OF BOARD ON February 10, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED
OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES' AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE: SHOWN,
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED FEB 1 0 1987
Health Services Director ------ -----
Senator Henry Mello PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
M382/7-83 ,DEPUTY
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diagnostic and treatment centers and for the research
grants, and specifies information which is to be
reported to the Legislature.
5. The bill appropriates $5 million for these two grant
programs.
The Board has been concerned with the prevalence of Alzheimer' s
disease and the lack of facilities specializing in the diagnosis
and treatment of Alzheimer' s disease and related disorders. SB
139 would authorize any post secondary higher education
institution with a medical center to establish a diagnostic and
treatment center. To the extent that SB 139 would expand the
facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer' s
disease, and would also expand the ' research capability of the
universities to discover the cause of Alzheimer' s disease, it
deserves the Board' s support and we, therefore, recommend that
the Board go on record in support of SB 139.