House Bill 2674 adds a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW directing the Department of Health to consider including information about dementia risk reduction in new or updated public health campaign websites and materials, and to consider including information about dementia risk reduction and dementia diagnoses in new or updated materials for health care providers, when research shows a correlation between the campaign or material subject and dementia risk reduction. The bill requires that updated public materials be made available in all languages the department currently provides and requires the department to consult with subject matter experts on Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia when compiling such information. The bill includes definitions and cited findings: dementia is described as a general term for loss of memory, language, problem solving, and other thinking abilities that interfere with daily life, with Alzheimer’s disease identified as the most common form. It cites a 2025 Alzheimer’s Association two-year clinical study identifying modifiable lifestyle interventions (physical exercise, intellectually challenging and social activities, proper nutrition, routine health monitoring) and notes underlying health conditions that increase dementia risk (heart disease, diabetes, hearing loss, and smoking). “The department” is the Department of Health. The measure is House Bill 2674, referred to the Committee on Health Care & Wellness. The change is a procedural law addition rather than a new crime or penalty: it creates new statutory duties to consider including dementia-related information and to consult experts. The text provided does not specify an exact RCW section number, an effective date or compliance timeline, criteria for phrases such as “consider including, where practicable and appropriate” or for when “research shows a correlation,” the specific list of languages, funding, enforcement mechanisms, or penalties. These matters are unclear from the provided facts and may be addressed elsewhere in the bill.

If enacted, the Department of Health would start reviewing its public health campaigns and provider materials and, where evidence shows a link to lowering dementia risk, add guidance about dementia risk reduction and diagnoses. The department must consult Alzheimer’s and dementia experts when compiling that content and must make any updated materials available in all the languages it already offers, so more patients and the public could see recommendations about exercise, social and intellectual activity, nutrition, routine health monitoring, and links to conditions like heart disease, diabetes, hearing loss, and smoking. The department is the main body affected and will likely face new work and costs for evidence review, expert consultation, content development, and translation, but the bill only requires the department to "consider" inclusion and does not provide funding, deadlines, enforcement, or precise standards for when research is sufficient, so how much and how quickly materials change is unclear. Health care providers and the public would probably receive broader dementia-related information, but the timing, scope, and resource impacts depend on decisions the department makes under those vague terms.