AADAPT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3747 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3747 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Project ECHO Grant Program, to establish grants under such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 5, 2025 Mr. Balderson (for himself, Ms. Barragan, Mr. LaHood, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Project ECHO Grant Program, to establish grants under 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. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROJECT ECHO GRANT PROGRAM; PROJECT ECHO GRANTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA CARE. (a) Definitions.--Section 330N(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-20(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means-- ``(A) in the case of a grant under subsection (b)(1), an entity that provides, or supports the provision of, health care services in rural areas, frontier areas, health professional shortage areas, or medically underserved areas, or to medically underserved populations or Native Americans, including Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations, and which may include entities leading, or capab