Bill · S. 1085· Senate(119-S-1085)
MedShield Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 3/14/2025
- Last activity
- 3/14/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sponsored by
- Mike Rounds
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The MedShield Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program called the "MedShield program." This program will utilize artificial intelligence and other technologies to create a national medical shield against biological threats. The initiative aims to improve the efficiency of delivering medical solutions by gathering innovations from the public-private ecosystem and international partners. The program includes tasks such as real-time pathogen surveillance and accelerating the development of vaccines and treatments. Additionally, the Secretary must develop a plan to integrate these efforts across federal agencies and international partners. Finally, the bill authorizes specific annual appropriations through fiscal year 2029 to fund this program.
Yes· 3 of 7
Does this make the country readier for the next outbreak?+9
The bill establishes a dedicated program to use AI for real-time pathogen tracking and rapid response to biological threats.
Does this put more money into scientific research?+8
The act provides substantial funding for the development of AI-driven medical technologies and pathogen surveillance.
Does this make health care easier to get in general?+7
The program enhances public health safety through better pathogen surveillance and faster vaccine development.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Public Health Safety: The program aims to create a "shield" against manmade and non-manmade pathogens to safeguard public health (Section 2, Section 3(a)).
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Faster Response to Disease: The use of artificial intelligence is intended to accelerate the identification and development of effective vaccines (Section 3(c)(2)).
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Enhanced Disease Tracking: The program will develop a global pathogen surveillance system for the real-time detection and tracking of pathogens (Section 3(c)(1)).
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Better Medical Treatments: The program includes the development and deployment of therapeutic treatments for individuals affected by biological threats (Section 3(c)(3)).
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Optimized Medical Logistics: Artificial intelligence-enabled modeling will be used to optimize strategies for vaccine distribution and therapeutic interventions (Section 3(c)(4)).
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Faster Manufacturing: The initiative seeks to streamline and enhance the rapid manufacturing of vaccines and therapeutics (Section 3(c)(5)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts or burdens are explicitly identified within the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Improves Pandemic Preparedness+9Improves Healthcare Access+7Increases Research Funding+7
- Education And Technology
- Increases Scientific Research Funding+8
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Disaster Relief And F E M A+6
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves International Alliances+5
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+4
- 3/14/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
Martin HeinrichDemocrat · New Mexico