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119-s-4036119th CongressWALLET

AADAPT Act

Sponsored By: Senator Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]

Introduced

Summary

Expands Project ECHO to cover dementia care and to allow more types of recipients. This change would add "dementia care" to the program's topics and let public and nonprofit private entities be recipients or subrecipients under the grant program.

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  • Health providers: Would let more local and public organizations run or join Project ECHO hubs focused on dementia care, increasing opportunities for training and mentoring.
  • People with Alzheimer’s and families: Would broaden the topics covered by Project ECHO to include dementia care, aiming to spread best practices and improve care quality.
  • Public health capacity: Would expand the Project ECHO Grant Program's reach to help disseminate knowledge and build provider capacity to address Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More dementia training through Project ECHO

This bill would expand eligibility for Project ECHO grants to include public and nonprofit private entities. It would add dementia care to the program's covered training topics, listed after palliative care. Health providers that run training programs could become newly eligible to receive grants or serve as subrecipients. The bill does not name funding amounts, an effective date, or a sunset.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]

WV • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 3/10/2026

  • Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

    KS • R

    Sponsored 3/10/2026

  • Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 3/10/2026

  • Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 3/10/2026

  • Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 3/10/2026

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 3/10/2026

  • Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 3/10/2026

  • Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]

    AR • R

    Sponsored 7/29/2026

  • Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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