A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in the Medicare annual wellness visit and initial preventative physical examination.
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Latest Action · May 19, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S. 1799 would require Medicare to include cognitive impairment screening as a standard part of annual wellness visits and initial preventive physical examinations for seniors. The screenings would use assessment tools identified by the National Institute on Aging and must be documented in patients' medical records. The bill affects Medicare beneficiaries—primarily people age 65 and older—and would take effect on January 1, 2026. Congress introduced this legislation based on findings that approximately 6.9 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's disease (expected to nearly double by 2060), with Black and Latino seniors at significantly higher risk, and that early detection enables patients to access care planning and treatment options that can help manage the disease. The bill includes no new funding authorization but aims to integrate cognitive screening into existing Medicare preventive care benefits.
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