1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Innovative Cognitive Care for Veterans Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) According to a 2020 study by the Office of the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Planning of the Department of Veterans Affairs, it is projected that the number of veterans with Alzheimer’s dementia will increase by 28.9 percent between fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2033, amounting to an estimated 48,000 new patients with cognitive impairments. (2) The cost of expenditures of the Department of Veterans Affairs for long-term care is growing rapidly, as demonstrated by a 2020 Government Accountability Office report that estimates such expenditures are projected to double to $14,300,000,000 by 2037. (3) As described in the report specified in paragraph (2), the Department of Veterans Affairs also faces both a current and incoming workforce shortage, in addition to other challenges relating to the provision of long-term care services to the more than 2,800,000 estimated veterans who are enrolled in the patient enrollment system of the Department established and operated under section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, and live in rural areas. (4) As observed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, veterans can also be prone to unique factors that increase the risk for future cognitive impairment. For example, it has been found that veterans who served during the Vietnam era and, while so serving, were exposed to Agent Orange are nearly twice as likely as those without such exposure to receive a diagnosis of dementia. (5) According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 185,000 veterans enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs have been diagnosed with at least one traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury often affects the cognitive abilities of an individual and can disrupt normal brain function. Veterans with a traumatic brain injury are also 60 percent more likely to develop Alzheimer’s Disease