[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5116]
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SA 2885. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 710. MODIFICATION OF POLICY ON USE OF MONOCLONAL
ANTIBODIES FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, OR
MITIGATION OF SYMPTOMS RELATED TO MILD
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT OR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
The Secretary of Defense shall modify the policy of the
Department of Defense to permit the use of monoclonal
antibodies for the prevention, treatment, or mitigation of
symptoms related to mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's
disease under the TRICARE program (as defined in section 1072
of title 10, United States Code).
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