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Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to provide better care for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their caregivers, while accelerating progress toward prev… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide better care for Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their caregivers, while accelerating progress toward prevention strategies, disease modifying treatments, and, ultimately, a cure.

Introduced: May 16, 2019 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 10, 2019
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019

This bill modifies the requirements under Medicare for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive impairments in older adults. Specifically, the bill expands the cognitive impairment detection benefit during annual wellness visits to require the use of validated detection tools and documentation of the results in the patient's medical record. Further, when a cognitive impairment is detected, the patient must be referred to an appropriate diagnostic service provider and other specified supports.

Additionally, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must implement Medicare policies that increase the identification and response to patients' Alzheimer's disease risk factors and incentivize providers to utilize high-quality cognitive impairment diagnosis practices.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2283 Related bill CHANGE Act of 2019
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 6 Republican 6 Independent 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 30, 2020
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jul 30, 2020
McSally, Martha
· Oct 24, 2019
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Oct 23, 2019
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 23, 2019
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · May 23, 2019
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Cornyn, John
Texas · May 16, 2019
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 13, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · May 13, 2019
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 9, 2019
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · May 9, 2019
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · May 6, 2019
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 6, 2019
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Apr 10, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1126: Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1126/
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