To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in the Medicare annual wellness visit and initial preventive physical examination.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3501 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3501 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in the Medicare annual wellness visit and initial preventive physical examination. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2025 Ms. Sanchez (for herself, Mr. LaHood, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ 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 preventive physical examination. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) It is estimated that 6.9 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, a number that is estimated to rise to nearly 13.8 million by 2060. About one in eleven people age 65 and older has Alzheimer's. (2) Older Black Americans are twice as likely, and Latino Americans are one and one-half times as likely, to have Alzheimer's disease than older White Americans. Nearly two- thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease are women. (3) Alzheimer's disease is the fifth-leading cause of death in America among Americans aged 65 and older. (4) Between 2000 and 2021, deaths from stroke, heart disease and HIV decreased, whereas reported deaths from AD increased more than 140 percent. (5) Addressing modifiable risk fact