119-hr3750

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3750 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3750

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to 
 provide certain members of the Armed Forces with continuous glucose 
 monitoring technology.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 5, 2025

 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Armed Services

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to 
 provide certain members of the Armed Forces with continuous glucose 
 monitoring technology.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Fostering Operational Readiness 
through Continuous Evaluation of Fitness with Integrated Technology 
Act'' or the ``FORCE-FIT Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
pilot program under the TRICARE program under which the Secretary 
provides covered members with continuous glucose monitoring technology 
to assess the effects of real-time metabolic health tracking and early 
intervention on improving--

    (1) the health of the members; and

    (2) force readiness.

    (b) Participation.--The Secretary shall require a covered member to 
participate in the pilot program under subsection

    (a) if the Secretary 
identifies the member as being in either the Partially Medically Ready 
category or the Not Medically Ready category of the Individual Medical 
Readiness program.
            (c) Data.--

    (1) Exclusive uses.--The Secretary may use the health 
 information of a covered member collected under the pilot 
 program under subsection

    (a) only for the purposes of--
        (A) carrying out the pilot program, including with 
 respect to furnishing information to the Comptroller 
 General of the United States pursuant to subsection

    (g)

    (1) ;
        (B) providing health care, including preventative 
 care, to the member pursuant to chapter 55 of title 10, 
 United States Code; and
            (C) conducting the Individual Medical Readiness 
 program.

    (2) No use for medical discharges.--The Secretary may not 
 use the health information of a covered member collected under 
 the pilot program under subsection

    (a) in separating or 
 discharging the member from the Armed Forces under chapter 61 
 of title 10, United States Code.

    (3) Prohibition on nongovernmental use.--A nongovernmental 
 entity that provides continuous glucose monitoring technology 
 under the pilot program under subsection

    (a) , or otherwise 
 provides services under the pilot program, may not--
        (A) retain any rights to health information of a 
 covered member collected under the pilot program;
        (B) use such information except as authorized by 
 this section; and
            (C) may not retain such information after such 
 authorized use is completed.
            (d) Provision of Information and Services.--The Secretary shall 
provide covered members participating in the pilot program under 
subsection

    (a) with--

    (1) information regarding metabolic health awareness; and

    (2) education and services to improve force readiness.

    (e) Training.--The Secretary shall--

    (1) provide medical professionals of the military 
 departments with in-person training on the background, 
 procedures, and reporting requirements of the pilot program 
 under subsection

    (a) ; and

    (2) establish shared educational resources and training 
 materials that may be used by all the military departments.

    (f) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program 
under subsection

    (a) for a five-year period.

    (g) Reports.--

    (1) Comptroller general.--
        (A) Initial.--Not later than three years after the 
 date on which the Secretary commences the pilot program 
 under subsection

    (a) , the Comptroller General of the 
 United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
 Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
 a report on the pilot program, including--
            (i) a comparison of the rates of members in 
 the Partially Medically Ready category or the 
 Not Medically Ready category of the Individual 
 Medical Readiness program during 2025 and 
 during the third year in which the pilot 
 program is carried out; and
            (ii) recommendations to improve the pilot 
 program.
        (B) Final.--Not later than five years after the 
 date on which the Secretary commences the pilot program 
 under subsection

    (a) , the Comptroller General shall 
 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot 
 program, including--
            (i) an assessment of the effectiveness of 
 the recommendations under subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) ; 
 and
            (ii) a determination by the Comptroller 
 General regarding whether the pilot program 
 should be extended.

    (2) DOD.--Not later than five years after the date on which 
 the Secretary commences the pilot program under subsection

    (a) , 
 the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
 pilot program, including--
        (A) data regarding the use and efficacy of the 
 pilot program;
        (B) how the pilot program affected force readiness; 
 and
            (C) any recommendations by the Secretary to improve 
 the pilot program.

    (h) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) The term ``covered member'' means a member of the Armed 
 Forces serving on active duty who meets any of the following 
 criteria:
        (A) The member has been diagnosed with prediabetes.
        (B) The member has been diagnosed with type 2 
 diabetes and does not take insulin.
            (C) The member has had gestational diabetes.
            (D) The member is overweight or obese.

    (2) The term ``Individual Medical Readiness program'' means 
 the program specified in Department of Defense Instruction 
 6025.19, or successor instruction.

    (3) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning given that 
 term in 

section 1072 of title 10, United States Code.
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