The BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act
Thanks to our hardworking advocates across the nation, AIM is leading the way to develop, introduce and grow support for laws like the bipartisan Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act (P.L.115-406). Signed into law in 2018, this critical law is creating an Alzheimer’s public health infrastructure across the country to implement effective Alzheimer’s interventions focused on public health issues such as increasing early detection and diagnosis, reducing risk, and preventing avoidable hospitalizations.
The BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act provides for funding to state, local and tribal public health departments to help them implement these effective Alzheimer’s interventions, established Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Public Health Centers of Excellence, and increased data analysis and timely reporting on Alzheimer’s, cognitive decline, caregiving and health disparities.
Working with our tireless advocates and bipartisan congressional champions, the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) was instrumental in the development, introduction and the passage of the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act.
Be a Champion in the Fight to End Alzheimer’s
Our voices are stronger together. Help AIM advance legislation to improve the lives of people impacted by Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.
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Federal Priorities
A National Response to Alzheimer’s and Other Dementia
The bipartisan NAPA Reauthorization Act and the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act would build on the progress made over the last decade by continuing to promote rapid research and improve the delivery of clinical care and services for people living with Alzheimer’s.
A Path to Better Dementia Care
The bipartisan Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act would ask the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a different payment structure for dementia care management. This important bill has the potential to streamline today’s complicated health care maze for people living with dementia and their caregivers.