S. Res. 49 (Introduced in Senate) — Declaring that achieving the primary goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease of the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 is an urgent national priority.

That the Senate—

(1)

is committed to strengthening the quality of care and expanding support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (referred to in this resolution as Alzheimer's) and family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's;

(2)

declares that achieving the primary goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s by 2025 is an urgent national priority;

(3)

recognizes that bold action and considerable increases in funding are necessary to meet that goal;

(4)

encourages greater collaboration between the United States and other global governments, particularly the G–7 nations, to advance a global Alzheimer’s and dementia research plan;

(5)

supports innovative public-private partnership and the pursuit of innovative financing tools, incentives and other mechanisms to accelerate the pursuit of disease-modifying therapies; and

(6)

strives to—

(A)

double the amount of funding the United States spends on Alzheimer’s research in fiscal year 2017; and

(B)

develop a plan for fiscal years 2018 through 2021 to meet the target of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services for the United States to spend $2,000,000,000 each year on Alzheimer's research.

Declaring that achieving the primary goal of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease of the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 is an urgent national priority.

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