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A pilot program for seven Florida counties would spend two hundred thousand dollars on tracking devices for alzheimer’s patients. The idea is to warn families the minute their loved one starts to roam. Rep. Elizabeth Porter sponsored the legislation after a first hand experience with her parents.

“Time matters when you are in search of a child or sometimes even an adult, who has eloped whether its suits or alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately autistic individuals do tend to be drawn to water and if you do not find them sick enough, that unfortunately, its often too late” Porter told the committee.

The pilot was originally set for five rural northeast Florida counties. It was expanded to include Broward and Palm Beach, and may be expanded to include other counties before the final vote.