S. 1126: Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019
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S. 1126: Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-10 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019
Plain summary
Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 This bill modifies the requirements under Medicare for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive impairments in older adults. Specifically, the bill expands the cognitive impairment detection benefit during annual wellness visits to require the use of validated detection tools and documentation of the results in the patient's medical record. Further, when a cognitive impairment is detected, the patient must be referred to an appropriate diagnostic service provider and other specified supports. Additionally, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must implement Medicare policies that increase the identification and response to patients' Alzheimer's disease risk factors and incentivize providers to utilize high-quality cognitive impairment diagnosis practices.
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Official text
Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · 22 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] reported raising $5.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1126.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s1126 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116