 State statistics about Alzheimer’s disease are sobering.
More than 120,000 people, including one in 10 over age 65, are living with Alzheimer’s, a 20% increase since 2020. Caring for Minnesotans with Alzheimer’s costs Medicaid $1 billion annually.
Rep. Danny Nadeau (R-Rogers) said everyone in the state knows someone whose life has been reshaped by dementia. “Entire families are left navigating a maze of services and support with no clear path and no one to guide them.”
Those families deserve someone whose job is solely focused on dementia, he said.
To that end, Nadeau sponsors HF794 to establish a point of leadership in the Health Department. Laid over as amended Monday by the House Health Finance and Policy Committee, it would allocate $250,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the General Fund for a dementia services program. Read more
WATCH ▶️ Monday's committee hearing on HF794
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