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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the Project ECHO Grant Program, to allow for such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and for other purposes.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the Project ECHO Grant Program, to allow for such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the Project ECHO Grant Program to include dissemination of knowledge and capacity building for addressing Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The bill clarifies that both public and nonprofit private entities are eligible to participate in the grant program. The expanded program would aim to build healthcare provider capacity to address dementia care alongside existing areas such as palliative care.
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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK)
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)
Actions (2)
- Mar 10, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Mar 10, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 10, 2026
Mrs. Capito (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Kim, Mr. Booker, and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the Project ECHO Grant Program, to allow for such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act” or the “AADAPT Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES.
Section 330N of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-20) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “entities” and inserting “entities, including a public or nonprofit private entity,”; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting “dementia care,” after “palliative care,”. <all>
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