Bill > HR7688

This bill, the Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer's Provider Training Act (AADAPT Act), aims to reauthorize the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Grant Program and establish new grants under this program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining "eligible entity" for the grants, which includes entities that provide or support healthcare services in rural, frontier, or medically underserved areas, as well as public or nonprofit private entities leading or capable of leading technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity-building models for Alzheimer's and dementia care. 2. Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to evaluate, develop, and expand the use of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity-building models for healthcare professionals to improve retention, increase access to early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's and related dementias, and improve quality of dementia care. 3. Requiring grant recipients to report on the effects of these models on patient outcomes and healthcare providers, and ensuring that the new grants for Alzheimer's and dementia care supplement rather than replace existing funding. 4. Updating the Secretary's reporting requirements to Congress on the overall Project ECHO program, including a specific update focused on the new Alzheimer's and dementia care grants. 5. Authorizing $10 million per year for the overall Project ECHO program and $1 million per year for the new Alzheimer's and dementia care grants, for each fiscal year from 2022 through 2031.