National Military Civilian Medical Surge Program Act of 2025
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In CommitteeMr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates the Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program, a new Department of Defense initiative to build partnerships with civilian hospitals and healthcare organizations. The goal is to ensure that during national emergencies, wars, or major disasters, civilian medical personnel can quickly support overwhelmed military medical facilities.
Who Benefits and How
Academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, and private healthcare organizations will benefit from new federal partnership contracts and funding opportunities. These institutions—particularly those with expertise in infectious disease preparedness and aeromedical transport—can receive DoD funding to maintain readiness for surge operations. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences gains an expanded role managing the program through its Institute for Defense Health Cooperation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Defense takes on significant new administrative responsibilities, including managing at least eight strategic partnership locations, conducting semiannual coordination meetings, and submitting annual reports to Congress. Federal taxpayers will fund this new program of record, though specific appropriation amounts are not specified in the bill. Partner healthcare institutions will need to meet DoD requirements for training, coordination, and readiness.
Key Provisions
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish medical surge partnerships at not fewer than eight strategic U.S. locations (aeromedical hubs and logistics centers)
- Partners must demonstrate expertise in high-consequence infectious disease response and special pathogen preparedness
- Civilian personnel can be mobilized during national emergencies, public health emergencies, wars, or presidential disaster declarations
- Annual congressional reporting on program readiness, resource availability, and interagency coordination
- Preserves HHS authority over the National Disaster Medical System—DoD cannot take control of HHS resources
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Establishes a Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program to enhance interoperability between Department of Defense medical facilities and civilian healthcare systems during national emergencies, wartime contingencies, or major disasters.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Strengthen military-civilian healthcare coordination for emergency surge capacity by creating formalized partnerships between DoD and civilian healthcare providers at strategic locations"
Likely Beneficiaries
- Academic medical centers and teaching hospitals (partnership opportunities)
- Private and nonprofit healthcare organizations (new federal contracts)
- Defense Health Agency and military medical treatment facilities (enhanced surge capacity)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (expanded role and funding)
Likely Burden Bearers
- Department of Defense (program administration and coordination requirements)
- Federal taxpayers (new program of record funding)
- Selected partner healthcare institutions (compliance with DoD coordination requirements)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary_of_hhs"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A four-year institution of higher education as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))
The system established under section 2812 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-11)
The Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program established under paragraph (1)
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