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Requires clinicians to screen for cognitive impairment during Medicare Annual Wellness Visits and Initial Preventive Physical Examinations using a tool the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has identified as meeting its primary‑care criteria, and to document which tool was used plus the assessment results in the medical record. Applies to visits furnished on or after January 1, 2026.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced May 19, 2025 by Linda T. Sánchez · Last progress May 19, 2025