ASAP Act
Sponsored By: Representative Buchanan
Introduced
Summary
Creates Medicare coverage for early Alzheimer's and related dementias screening tests. This bill would add a new Medicare benefit category for tests that detect pre-symptomatic and early-stage disease and require FDA clearance or approval.
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- Medicare beneficiaries could access covered screening tests for pre-symptomatic and early-stage Alzheimer's beginning January 1, 2028.
- Test developers must have FDA 510(k) clearance, fall under FDA classification 513(f)(2), or be approved under FDA section 515. Covered test types include genomic blood sequencing and other blood, tissue, urine or imaging-based assays.
- Medicare payment rules would be expanded to include these screening tests and the Secretary would determine which specific tests meet the law's comparability standard and how coverage is implemented.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Medicare would cover early Alzheimer's tests
If enacted, Medicare would start covering certain early Alzheimer’s and dementia screening tests on January 1, 2028. To qualify, a test would need FDA clearance or approval and fit the bill’s test types. This includes blood-based genomic tests or similar lab or imaging tests using blood or other samples, as allowed by the Secretary. If you get a qualifying test, Medicare would pay, so you could owe less out of pocket. The bill does not set payment amounts or patient cost-sharing rules.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Buchanan
FL • R
Cosponsors
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Torres (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Kelly (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Ezell
MS • R
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Kim
CA • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Latimer
NY • D
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Neguse
CO • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Gonzalez, V.
TX • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Subramanyam
VA • D
Sponsored 12/19/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Wittman
VA • R
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Cole
OK • R
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Balint
VT • D
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 1/20/2026
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Salazar
FL • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Sorensen
IL • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Morrison
MN • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Smith (NJ)
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Huizenga
MI • R
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Mackenzie
PA • R
Sponsored 2/17/2026
Tlaib
MI • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Langworthy
NY • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Ryan
NY • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Pfluger
TX • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Larsen (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Walkinshaw
VA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Omar
MN • D
Sponsored 3/24/2026
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