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Committee approves Caring for Caregivers Act to fund family caregivers of dementia patients
Summary
The Tennessee House Health Subcommittee advanced House Bill 7 17, a three-year pilot to provide $6,000 grants to family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias; the measure passed 8-0 and will go to the full Health Committee.
Representative Jones introduced House Bill 7 17, the “Caring for Caregivers Act,” and the subcommittee unanimously voted to advance the bill to the full Health Committee.
Representative Jones said she sponsored the bill after meeting a constituent who described his grandfather’s battle with Alzheimer’s and his wife’s growing caregiver burden. “I am honored to sponsor House Bill 7 17, the Caring for Caregivers Act,” she said, recounting how the constituent’s wife, “missus Fox, slowly…
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