,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjbe,ms4 ,collins 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,cortez ,masto1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 and ,mr4 
,warner7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to provide for ,medicare 
coverage of blood-based dementia        
screening tests4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,alzheimer's  
,screening and ,prevention ,act or the  
,,asap ,act4  #b4 ,medicare coverage of 
,alzheimer's disease and related        
dementias early detection screening     
tests  7a7 ,coverage ,section #ahfa of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #aciex7 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsection 7s77#b7-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,,jj71 by striking the    
semicolon at the end and inserting 2    
and2 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph3  7,,kk7     

,alzheimer's disease and related        
dementias early detection screening     
tests 7as defined in subsection 7nnn772 
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new subsection3  7nnn7        
,alzheimer's disease and related        
dementias early detection screening     
tests ,the term ,alzheimer's disease and
 related dementias early detection      
screening test means a test furnished to
 an individual for the detection of the 
pre-symptomatic and early stage of      
,alzheimer's disease or related         
dementias on or after ,january #a1      
#bjbh1 that-- 7#a7 is cleared under     
section #eaj7k71 classified under       
section #eac7;f77#b71 or approved under 
section #eae of the ,federal ,food1     
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act2 and  7#b7    
is-- 7,a7 a genomic sequencing blood or 
blood product test2 or  7,b7 such other 
equivalent test1 including a            
single-analyte test1 blood test analysis
 of cell-free nucleic acids1 multiplex  
panel test1 whole genome sequencing1    

protein expression1 whole exome1 whole  
transcriptome1 and medical imaging      
7which are based on blood1 blood        
products1 tissue1 urine or other        
biospecimen71 as the ,secretary         
determines appropriate in providing     
results comparable to those obtained    
with a test described in subparagraph   
7,a74  4  7b7 ,payment ,section         
#ahcc7;h77#a77;,a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#aciel7h77#a77;,a77 is amended by       
inserting ,alzheimer's disease and      
related dementias early detection       
screening tests under section #ahfa7nnn7
 and after including4