During the 118th Congress, thanks to the hard work and dedication of advocates and bipartisan congressional champions, three pieces of Alzheimer’s Association/AIM priority legislation passed unanimously and were signed into law: the NAPA Reauthorization Act (P.L. 118-92) and the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act (P.L. 118-93), and the BOLD Reauthorization Act (P.L. 118-142).

AIM advocates met with their members of Congress and raised their voices on social media, letters-to-the-editors (LTEs), and calls to their congressional offices, growing support through key bipartisan cosponsors for these bills. Thanks to these efforts, the NAPA Reauthorization Act reached 145 House cosponsors and 45 Senate cosponsors, the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act had 102 House and 42 Senate cosponsors, and BOLD had 80 House and 35 Senate cosponsors. 

Because of the dedication of our hardworking advocates, AIM is successfully advancing policies and achieving results to support the Alzheimer’s community. As of December 11, 2024, when the BOLD Reauthorization Act was signed into law, Congress had introduced over 1,800 health-related bills. Of those bills, only 10 were signed into law. Three of those 10 bills were AIM priorities.

During the 118th Congress, AIM also successfully grew support for the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act. Recognizing the broad bipartisan congressional support for the bill and the dementia care planning model, on July 31, 2023 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an initiative to improve the way dementia care is delivered for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. This test initiative, the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, is being run through the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). 

Thanks to our hardworking advocates across the nation, AIM is leading the way to enact laws like the NAPA Reauthorization Act, the Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act, the BOLD Reauthorization Act, and the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act, which are fundamentally changing the way the nation addresses Alzheimer’s and other dementia. While we have much more yet to accomplish, we can join with our advocacy network to celebrate the renewed commitment to the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.