119-hr4321

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4321 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4321

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for treating 
 traumatic brain injuries through digital health technologies.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 10, 2025

 Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Crank) 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 develop a strategy for treating 
 traumatic brain injuries through digital health technologies.

 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 ``Supporting Modern Approaches in 
Recovery Technology for Traumatic Brain Injury Act'' or the ``SMART for 
TBI Act''.

SEC. 2. STRATEGY FOR TREATING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES THROUGH DIGITAL 
 HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES.

 

Section 735 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is 
amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsections

    (e) and

    (f) as subsections

    (f) and

    (g) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection
            (d) the following new 
 subsection:
 ``

    (e) Digital Health Technologies.--
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    (1) Working group.--As part of the Initiative, the 
 Secretary shall establish a working group to develop a strategy 
 for treating traumatic brain injuries through digital health 
 technologies.
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    (2) Membership.--The working group shall be composed of 
 members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of the 
 Department of Defense, and individuals not employed by the 
 Federal Government, who have expertise in traumatic brain 
 injury clinical care, biomedical informatics, engineering, or 
 implementation science.
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    (3) Elements.--The strategy developed under paragraph

    (1) shall include the following:
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        (A) Identification of capability gaps in the 
 treatment of traumatic brain injuries that could be 
 addressed through artificial intelligence and digital 
 health technologies.
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        (B) An analysis of existing research, 
 development, and acquisition efforts leveraging 
 artificial intelligence-based capabilities and digital 
 health technologies, including any applicable 
 commercial off-the-shelf solutions being used by the 
 Secretary to support the treatment of traumatic brain 
 injuries.
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            (C) Recommendations with respect to advances 
 required to--
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            (i) address gaps identified under 
 subparagraph
        (A) ; and
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            (ii) significantly improve the treatment 
 of traumatic brain injuries using artificial 
 intelligence and digital health technologies.
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            (D) A recommended investment plan to advance 
 technology and knowledge readiness levels to field 
 digital health technologies to treat traumatic brain 
 injuries.
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    (4) Briefing.--Not later than September 30, 2026, the 
 Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
 a briefing on the strategy developed under paragraph

    (1) .''.
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