To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program using artificial intelligence.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program using artificial intelligence., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Healthcare, Defense.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section id4d4f095a126e447f9e9b208f9a49fa0e: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the MedShield Act of 2025.
- Section id7644a249996449b2ae42ffb1514152f4: 2. Findings; sense of Congress Congress finds as follows: The COVID–19 pandemic revealed the need to better organize pathogen defense of the people of the...
- Section id591284a6d6be45cfb2769b96cdde0417: 3. Establishment of MedShield program The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act as the Secretary) shall implement a pandemic...
- Section id70a4031d4fe7468ebaf18175ca42103d: 4. Reporting Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and...
- Section idf92b3c72e1764d27aee74f434cab8042: 5. Definitions In this Act— the term artificial intelligence has the meaning given such term in section 1051(f) of the John S. McCain National Defense...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program using artificial intelligence., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Healthcare, Defense
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program using artificial intelligence., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
such commission established under section 1051 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (132 Stat. 1962
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