Sen. Collins helps usher another Alzheimer’s bill into law [Video]

President Biden on Wednesday reauthorized a bipartisan law funding public health initiatives designed to combat Alzheimer’s disease, the latest in a series of bills championed by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine that target the disease.

The Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Reauthorization Act of 2024, or BOLD Act, renews a 2018 law that allowed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help fund local dementia care and support.

Collins introduced the reauthorization alongside Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine, and West Virginia Republican Shelley Moore Capito – the same Senate cohort that introduced the original version, Collins’ office said in a written statement.

The BOLD Act authorizes $33 million annually over five years to support public health centers aimed at Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving interventions and public education on the disease; to improve reporting and analysis of Alzheimer’s, caregiving and health disparities nationwide; and to promote agreements …