[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1860 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1860

To require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on the 
prediction and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in members of the 
                 Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2019

 Mr. Moran (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on the 
prediction and prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in members of the 
                 Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Military Readiness and Injury 
Prevention Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON INJURY PREDICTION AND PREVENTION TO ENHANCE 
              COMBAT READINESS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is--
            (1) to increase deployment readiness and lethality of 
        members of the Armed Forces;
            (2) to create a more deployable, resilient, and sustainable 
        combat force;
            (3) to provide individualized, accurate assessments with 
        actionable metrics regarding the physical condition of each 
        member of the Armed Forces; and
            (4) to determine the feasibility and advisability of 
        developing a customized fitness program for each such member to 
        minimize musculoskeletal injuries in garrison and on 
        deployment.
    (b) Pilot Program.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot 
program to predict and prevent musculoskeletal injuries in members of 
the Armed Forces.
    (c) Participation.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program 
under this section at not fewer than five military installations that 
serve as readiness training platforms in order to evaluate different 
musculoskeletal injury risk profiles and training interventions based 
on the particular requirements and tactical personnel needs of the 
military departments.
    (d) Components.--In carrying out the pilot program under this 
section, the Secretary shall do the following:
            (1) Identify musculoskeletal injury risk for members of the 
        Armed Forces using integrated objective assessments in basic 
        and advanced training for such members.
            (2) Generate automated reports and personalized programs to 
        educate members of the Armed Forces on proper initiatives to 
        minimize injury risk.
            (3) Notify human performance and medical staff of the 
        Department when the musculoskeletal injury risk of a member of 
        the Armed Forces increases.
            (4) Provide monitoring of members of the Armed Forces who 
        are undergoing or have undergone assessments under paragraph 
        (1) to track the progress and readiness of such members.
    (e) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days before the 
        completion of the pilot program under this section, the 
        Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
        Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
        report that describes the conduct of the pilot program.
            (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) A description of the pilot program, including 
                outcome measures to determine its effectiveness.
                    (B) A description of the ability of the pilot 
                program--
                            (i) to identify combat readiness and risk 
                        for musculoskeletal injury of members of the 
                        Armed Forces; and
                            (ii) to address risk reduction via 
                        personalized fitness programs.
                    (C) A description of the reduction in injuries to 
                members of the Armed Forces and any associated cost 
                savings as a result of the pilot program.
                    (D) A description of the reduction in non-
                deployability or early return from deployment of 
                members of the Armed Forces due to musculoskeletal 
                injury as a result of the pilot program.
    (f) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program 
under this section for a period of not more than three years.
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