Thursday, February 07, 2008
Golden Alert Bill Heads To Senate Floor
'Golden Alert' bill heads to Senate floor
Media publicity could play a larger role in locating missing Alzheimer's patients and other vulnerable people under a bill headed to the Senate floor.
Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Sen. Denise Harper Angel, D-Louisville, would create a "Kentucky Golden Alert" to make local media aware when an impaired adult is reported missing. The program would be similar to the Amber Alert program for missing children, state officials said.
"There are more people with early-onset Alzheimer's who still may be driving, which poses some other kinds of challenges for finding them when they get lost," said Ellen Kershaw of the Alzheimer's Association. "A bill like this which could put out an alert to the public will be very helpful so that the public can help spot somebody and reunite that individual with their family."
The bill won unanimous approval by the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee this morning.
Media publicity could play a larger role in locating missing Alzheimer's patients and other vulnerable people under a bill headed to the Senate floor.
Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Sen. Denise Harper Angel, D-Louisville, would create a "Kentucky Golden Alert" to make local media aware when an impaired adult is reported missing. The program would be similar to the Amber Alert program for missing children, state officials said.
"There are more people with early-onset Alzheimer's who still may be driving, which poses some other kinds of challenges for finding them when they get lost," said Ellen Kershaw of the Alzheimer's Association. "A bill like this which could put out an alert to the public will be very helpful so that the public can help spot somebody and reunite that individual with their family."
The bill won unanimous approval by the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs & Public Protection Committee this morning.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 1:57 PM 
