UPDATE Dec 17, 2016
Senate rejects modified House bill: The Senate had already passed this bill early on and it went to the House on Dec. 8th. The House passed the bill. So, we thought it was a done deal. However it went back to the Senate for reconcilliation.
When the House passed the legislation on December 8, several modifications were made, including allowing the use of tracking devices for purposes other than locating missing persons — tracking people to prevent them from harming others, for instance. The House also wanted to pay for the program by defunding an important community-policing grants program not directly related to disability. So, the Senate rejected the bill as it is. It may come back. Read more…
House passes Orwellian bill, HR 4919 Microchipping Autistic, Bi Polar, Alzheimers, mental health, developmental diabilities, PTS, Dec.7,2016. Bill has been to Senate for reconciliation with S 2614 same companion bill passed by Senate in July 14, 2016
Senate: S2614: It apparently passed in the Senate as a companion bill in July 2016
- Introduced: Mar 1, 2016 Status Passed Senate on Jul 14, 2016
- This bill passed in the Senate on July 14, 2016 and went to the House next for consideration.
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H.R. 4919 (same title)
- Passed House — Dec 8, 2016
PDF HR4919
VLA Comment: HR 4919 The authority for this new law is not under Health and Human Health Services (HHS). Tracking is under the Attorney General and the Dept of Justice, State and local law enforcement, which lends itself to tracking of multiple persons under law enforcement agencies.
VLA comment: For example: How many “normal” or vaccine injured children do you know that have been diagnosed as Bi polar, ADHD, OCD, mentally ill, has neurodevelopmental disorders? ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is classified as a psychiatric disorder. Bi Polar, a chronic mental illness. Need I go on?
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,
to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program,
and to promote initiatives that will reduce the risk of injury and death
relating to the wandering characteristics of some children with autism.
SEC. 302. STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR USE OF
6 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-PERMANENT TRACK7
ING DEVICES.
shall award grants to health care agencies,
5 State and local law enforcement agencies, or public
6 safety agencies to assist such agencies in designing,
7 establishing, and operating locative tracking tech8
nology programs for individuals with forms of de9
mentia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or children
10 with developmental disabilities, such as autism, who
11 have wandered from safe environments.’’;
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub2
section (a)(1), the Attorney General shall give preference
3 to law enforcement or public safety agencies that partner
4 with nonprofit organizations that appropriately use per5
son-centered plans minimizing restrictive interventions
6 and that have a direct link to individuals, and families of
7 individuals, with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s
8 Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism.
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