H.R. 6813: Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-12 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act

Plain summary

Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review and update, if necessary, certain best practices, replication guides, and other training materials for law enforcement, judicial officials, and others whose work may bring them in contact with elder abuse. Specifically, DOJ must address victims and witnesses who have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in these materials. Additionally, in creating or compiling these materials, DOJ must consult with the Department of Health and Human Services and, as appropriate, other entities with relevant expertise in elder abuse.

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Official text

Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · 78 cosponsors

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Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), William R. Keating (D-MA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jason Crow (D-CO), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Steve Womack (R-AR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and 18 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr6813.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6813 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116