S. 4036Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the Project ECHO Grant Program, to allow for such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and for other purposes.

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The Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer's Provider Training Act (AADAPT Act) amends the Public Health Service Act to broaden the Project ECHO Grant Program. It allows the program to support more types of organizations—including public and nonprofit private entities—and adds dementia care to the areas the program can address. The goal is to spread knowledge and build capacity for treating Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, benefiting health providers and patients needing dementia care.

Key Provisions

Amends Section 330N to replace “entities” with “entities, including a public or nonprofit private entity,” expanding who can receive Project ECHO grants.
Inserts “dementia care” after “palliative care” in the program’s scope, enabling the grant program to focus on Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

March 10, 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

March 10, 2026

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Introduced in SenateIssued March 10, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4036

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 10, 2026

Mrs. Capito (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Kim, Mr. Booker, and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand the Project ECHO Grant Program, to allow for such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training Act or the AADAPT Act.

Expanding capacity for health outcomes

Section 330N of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–20) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a)(1), by striking entities and inserting entities, including a public or nonprofit private entity,; and

(2)

in subsection (b), by inserting dementia care, after palliative care,.