Alabama will now issue a Missing and Endangered Person Alert for individuals 18 and older with a mental or physical disability and at risk of bodily harm or death. The alert expands what was once called the Missing Senior Alert to help handle more cases that do not meet AMBER Alert criteria.

One hundred nursing students from the University of Alabama in Huntsville lobbied legislators to create a Silver Alert for patients with Alzheimer's and dementia. The bill would also create more training for law enforcement officers when they search for people with a diminished mental capacity. “It's an opportunity to help people and that's what nurses do,” said student Dawn Brown.