118th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, and for other purposes.
February 8 (legislative day, February 7), 2024
Ms. Collins (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Reauthorization Act of 2024” or the “BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Reauthorization Act of 2024”.
SEC. 2. Extension of programs with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
(a) Cooperative agreements to States and public health departments for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.—Section 398 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c–3) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and” and inserting “acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in coordination with”; and
(B) in paragraph (7), by adding a period at the end; and
(2) by transferring subsection (f) to appear after subsection (e).
(b) Promotion of public health knowledge and awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.—Section 398A(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c–4(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the heads of other agencies as” and inserting “acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in coordination with the heads of other agencies, as”; and
(A) in clause (vii), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(B) by redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix); and
(C) by inserting after clause (vii) the following:
“(viii) identifying and translating findings from clinical trials and other studies on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, including studies on risk reduction, for application and integration into effective and sustained community-level evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies; and”.
(c) Reauthorization of programs.—Section 398B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280c–5(e)) is amended by inserting “, and $33,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029” before the period at the end.