Missouri bill would expand the Amber Alert Criteria

It appears that a proposed change to Missouri law would allow missing children with autism, who were not abducted to be included in the state's Amber Alert system.

HB 1521 -- Amber Alert and Silver Alert System

This bill expands the Amber Alert System to include missing
endangered adults, specifies the criteria for being considered a
missing endangered adult, and changes its name to the Amber Alert
and Silver Alert System.

A wanderer with autism would meet the criteria for an "endangered person" per the verbiage of the bill.

"Endangered person", an individual who:

• (a) Does not meet the criteria for an Amber alert; and
  
• (b) Is missing under unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious circumstances; and
• (c) Is believed to be in danger because of age, guardianship, health, mental or physical disability, environment or weather conditions; or
• (d) Is in the company of a potentially dangerous person or some other factor exists that may put the person in peril.