H.R.4321 SMART for TBI Act 2025

Proposed 2025-07-10 | Official source

Summary

Amends law to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a working group for developing a strategy using AI and digital health technologies to treat traumatic brain injuries. Identifies capability gaps, analyzes current efforts, and recommends advancements and investment plans.

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📜 This document's name is H.R.4321 Supporting Modern Approaches in Recovery Technology for Traumatic Brain Injury Act 2025. AGORA also tracks this document under the name H.R.4321 SMART for TBI Act 2025.

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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.— “(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. “(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. “(3) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed under paragraph (1) shall include the following: “(A) Identification of capability gaps in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries that could be addressed through artificial intelligence and digital health technologies. “(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. “(C) Recommendations with respect to advances required to— “(i) address gaps identified under subparagraph (A); and “(ii) significantly improve the treatment of traumatic brain injuries using artificial intelligence and digital health technologies. “(D) A recommended investment plan to advance technology and knowledge readiness levels to field digital health technologies to treat traumatic brain injuries. “(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).”.