BOLD dementia public-health infrastructure reauthorized
Federal law reauthorized BOLD dementia public-health infrastructure, which supports state and local dementia risk reduction, early detection, and caregiving programs.
Federal · Effective · Implementation Dec 11, 2024
What it is
- What changed
- Public Law 118-142 extends the federal BOLD dementia infrastructure program that CDC frames around risk reduction, early detection, avoidable hospitalization prevention, and dementia caregiving.
- Why it matters
- This is not a direct family entitlement, but it shapes state and local dementia education, data, and caregiver-support infrastructure.
- Who it touches
- Family caregivers, People receiving care, Businesses and agencies that must complypeople with Alzheimer's disease, dementia caregivers, state public health departments
- Identifiers
- Pub. L. 118-142
Sources
Last reviewed Jun 18, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.