Sponsors (3)
This is not an official government website.
Copyright © 2026 PLEJ LC. All rights reserved.
Creates a federal pilot grant program to fund co-located, evidence-informed or evidence-based health and supportive services for family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, and for the people they care for. Grants go to qualified entities (area agencies on aging, senior centers, colleges/universities, tribal organizations) to operate accessible, ADA-compliant sites offering screenings, care consultations, caregiver education and support groups, social activities, and related services. Requires applicants to explain site selection (including converted retail space and work with economic development organizations), to share specified health and payment-indicator data with the Administration for Community Living and CMS, and to arrange information-sharing among providers; federal agencies must jointly develop the payment-indicator methods and the Assistant Secretary must report outcome data to Congress and CMS each year.
The bill expands accessible, evidence-based local supports for family caregivers and care recipients and builds data to inform future policy, but raises privacy risks, administrative burdens, potential funding trade-offs, and the possibility that under-resourced communities could be left out.
Family caregivers and the people they care for (particularly seniors and retirees) gain access to colocated, evidence-based services—screenings, counseling, and support groups—improving health outcomes and caregiving support.
Local organizations (area agencies on aging, senior centers, tribal organizations, community colleges) receive grant funding to expand caregiver services in accessible locations near public transit, increasing local service capacity and convenience.
The program requires collection of health and payment indicators, enabling evaluation of impacts on Medicare/Medicaid spending and caregiver/care-recipient health—providing evidence to guide future policy and resource decisions.
Family caregivers and care recipients are exposed to privacy risks because medical and self-reported health data are collected and reported unless stronger data-protection rules are specified.
Rural, small, or under-resourced communities may be unable to meet accessibility, data-collection, or collaboration requirements and therefore could be excluded from grant awards, worsening geographic inequities in caregiver support.
Participation could trigger CMS payment-data requests and create additional billing oversight or administrative burdens for local providers, potentially complicating beneficiary interactions and increasing provider workload.
Introduced November 20, 2025 by Edward John Markey · Last progress November 20, 2025