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BOLD – S.2076/H.R.4256
Building Our Largest Dementia or the BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act
- Introduced in Senate (11/06/2017)
- Signed by the President (12/31/18)
- Became law (12/31/2018)
BOLD is a bipartisan bill unanimously passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The companion House bill (H.R. 4256)
It authorizes $20 million a year for five years ($100 million), to:
- Create a public health infrastructure to combat Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
- Create Public Health Centers of Excellence to:
- Promote and educate the public and doctors on the importance of how to recognize and identify the early stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
- Explain the differences in the decline of cognitive brain health.
- How and where to find a doctor to help with an accurate diagnosis.
- Implement a Road Map produced by the CDC on Healthy Aging.
- Promote and educate the public and doctors on the importance of how to recognize and identify the early stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
- Develop cooperation between the CDC and state health departments to:
- Meet local needs to promote brain health that will help:
- Reduce risks
- Improve care
- To help promote and meet local needs for other brain health activities
- Meet local needs to promote brain health that will help:
- Support data grants to improve:
- The analysis and timely reporting of data on Alzheimer’s:
- cognitive decline
- care giver health
- Disparities at the state and national levels
- The analysis and timely reporting of data on Alzheimer’s:
Senator Susan Collins (R-MA) – BOLD sponsor introduction:
“After decades of increasing investments in biomedical research for Alzheimer’s, we are ready for the next step: to extend that research into practice. The BOLD Act takes a multi-pronged public health approach that would create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias,”
Senator Collins is the founder and Senate co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease.
INDIVIDUAL STATES:
Some states are taking proactive steps to co-ordinate with federal funding by allotting state funds to complement BOLD to use:
- The three-pronged approach to include:
- A public awareness campaign, promoting partnerships with local organizations and state resources
- Making significant investments in pilot programs to encourage research and innovation.
- Encourage and educate the public and clinicians (doctors) on making and receiving a formal diagnosis.