ASAP Act
Latest action · Nov 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8278-8279)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention Act or the ASAP Act
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of blood tests to screen for the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of genomic sequencing blood or blood product tests, or other equivalent tests, that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Cosponsors 59
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2025 to Nov 10, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Nov 20, 2025 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Jan 28, 2026 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Feb 11, 2026 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Feb 12, 2026 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Feb 24, 2026 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Feb 26, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Mar 10, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 21, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | May 11, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 11, 2026 | |
| R-OK | Alan Armstrong | May 12, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | May 14, 2026 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | May 14, 2026 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | May 21, 2026 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jun 1, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Jun 2, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jun 3, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 11, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Jun 17, 2026 | |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jul 16, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Jul 22, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Jul 23, 2026 | |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Jul 28, 2026 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jul 28, 2026 | |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Jul 29, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Aug 7, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Aug 7, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Sep 14, 2026 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Sep 23, 2026 | |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Sep 23, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Sep 29, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 30, 2026 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Nov 10, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Nov 10, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Nov 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8278-8279)
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8278 | Susan M. Collins R-ME | Nov 20, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-447 | CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN THE SANDWICH GENERATION177 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | May 13, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6130 | ASAP Act | Related bill | Sep 16, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of blood-based dementia screening tests.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ASAP Act
- Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
