S. 1799: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in the Medicare annual wellness visit and initial preventative physical examination.

S. 1799 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Patients receiving Medicare previously had annual wellness visits and initial checkups where cognitive checks were not explicitly mandated under specific standardized tools. Under this change, doctors must use a recognized cognitive impairment detection… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.