AR HB1164

Physicians and healthcare providers may offer annual cognitive assessments for Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or cognitive function to patients aged 60 or older, or those at higher risk due to family history of dementia, Down Syndrome, traumatic brain injury, or other clinically-identified risk factors

Healthcare insurers must provide coverage for cognitive assessments without deductibles or copayments for eligible patients, effective January 1, 2026

Coverage requirements apply to individual, group, and blanket health plans, as well as Arkansas Medicaid and the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Program

If a patient declines assessment, the provider must document the refusal in medical records, which relieves the provider of liability

Patient records and data collected under this section are confidential and exempt from Freedom of Information Act disclosure requirements