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Alzheimer’s advisory council adopts 2025 report, sets topics for future meetings
Summary
The Arkansas Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Advisory Council adopted its rules of procedure and the 2025 annual report, authorized co-chairs to approve special expenses, and proposed future agenda items including medication updates, insurance coverage, dementia-prevention study, and review of national models.
The Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Advisory Council met Sept. 15, 2025, at the State Capitol in Little Rock and approved a set of procedural and administrative items, including adoption of the council’s 2025 annual report.
Representative Julie Mayberry called the meeting to order. The council adopted its Rules of Procedure after a motion by Dr. Jeanne Wei and a second from Stephenie A. Cooke; the minutes record the motion as carried. The council then approved the minutes from its Sept. 24, 2024 meeting on a motion by Stephenie A. Cooke, seconded by Dr. Gohar Azhar.
The council also voted to authorize the co-chairs to approve special expenses related to the advisory council. That motion was moved by Dr. Jeanne Wei, seconded by Representative Les Warren, and carried.
The meeting record shows the council adopted the Advisory Council 2025 Annual Report (Exhibit F). The minutes record the motion to adopt the report as moved by Dr. Jeanne Wei and seconded by Stephenie A. Cooke; the motion carried. The minutes also mention David Cook, Director of Government Affairs for the Alzheimer’s Association, Arkansas Chapter, in the same line as Exhibit F; the minutes do not specify whether he presented the report.
Members used the meeting’s closing discussion to propose future agenda items. Representative Julie Mayberry suggested a session on changes and benefits of medications for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Dr. Kerry Jordan raised legal restrictions and medical rationales for geriatric visits. Jodiane Tritt asked the council to examine differences in coverage among predominant insurance carriers. Dr. Gohar Azhar and Dr. Jeanne Wei proposed commissioning or reviewing a study on dementia prevention, and Dr. Amyleigh Overton-McCoy recommended examining national models for Alzheimer’s disease for potential implications in Arkansas.
With no further business, the meeting adjourned around 2:45 p.m. The minutes do not record vote tallies for the motions; each motion is listed as "carried."
