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New Law Takes Effect to Help Find Missing Adults
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois' system for issuing alerts on missing vulnerable adults gets a boost with the new year.

A new law taking effect Friday encourages police agencies to send out alerts quickly when adults with dementia or other problems wander off and go missing. A regional system will spread the word widely.

The so-called "Silver Alert" system is modeled after Amber Alerts about missing children.

The Illinois Department on Aging is developing an outreach program to inform nursing homes, assisted living centers and other health facilities of the program.

To protect privacy, specific health information about the missing person will not be made public through the alert.

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