AADAPT Act

Senator Capito (R-WV) introduced S4036 on March 10, 2026, with seven bipartisan cosponsors. The bill was read twice and referred to the Senate HELP Committee. It amends Section 330N of the Public Health Service Act to expand an existing grant program—Project ECHO—to disseminate knowledge on dementia care. This is a capacity-building and knowledge-sharing bill, not a direct procurement or reimbursement measure. No dollar amount is authorized or appropriated. The House companion, HR3747, has advanced further: it was placed on the Union Calendar (Calendar No. 628), meaning it passed out of committee and is ready for floor consideration. This increases the probability that the AADAPT Act's language will advance via the House bill, but the Senate version remains at square one. No tickers are warranted because the bill does not create a revenue-generating mechanism for any single company. The Project ECHO model is a grant-funded tele-mentoring program—grants go to hospitals, universities, and nonprofit entities, not publicly traded companies in a material way. The program's budget is small (historically ~$30M annually across all Project ECHO grants, not just dementia). For $UNH ($371.6B revenue), $HCA ($65B), or any listed healthcare provider, a grant for dementia training is effectively zero. The convergence with HR3747 confirms the legislative lane is real, but the financial impact is essentially nil until an appropriations bill provides specific funding for a new dementia-focused grant stream.