Military Readiness and Injury Prevention Act of 2019

II 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. 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 A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on the prediction and prevention of musculo- skeletal injuries in members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Readiness and 4 Injury Prevention Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON INJURY PREDICTION AND PRE- 6 VENTION TO ENHANCE COMBAT READINESS. 7 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:10 Jun 15, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1860.IS S1860 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1860 IS (1) to increase deployment readiness and 1 lethality of members of the Armed Forces; 2 (2) to create a more deployable, resilient, and 3 sustainable combat force; 4 (3) to provide individualized, accurate assess- 5 ments with actionable metrics regarding the physical 6 condition of each member of the Armed Forces; and 7 (4) to determine the feasibility and advisability 8 of developing a customized fitness program for each 9 such member to minimize musculoskeletal injuries in 10 garrison and on deployment. 11 (b) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 13 Defense shall carry out a pilot program to predict and pre- 14 vent musculoskeletal injuries in members of the Armed 15 Forces. 16 (c) PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 17 the pilot program under this section at not fewer than five 18 military installations that serve as readiness training plat- 19 forms in order to evaluate different musculoskeletal injury 20 risk profiles and training interventions based on the par- 21 ticular requirements and tactical personnel needs of the 22 military departments. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:10 Jun 15, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1860.IS S1860 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1860 IS (d) COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the pilot pro- 1 gram under this section, the Secretary shall do the fol- 2 lowing: 3 (1) Identify musculoskeletal injury risk for 4 members of the Armed Forces using integrated ob- 5 jective assessments in basic and advanced training 6 for such members. 7 (2) Generate automated reports and personal- 8 ized programs to educate members of the Armed 9 Forces on proper initiatives to minimize injury risk. 10 (3) Notify human performance and medical 11 staff of the Department when the musculoskeletal 12 injury risk of a member of the Armed Forces in- 13 creases. 14 (4) Provide monitoring of members of the 15 Armed Forces who are undergoing or have under- 16 gone assessments under paragraph (1) to track the 17 progress and readiness of such members. 18 (e) REPORT.— 19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days be- 20 fore the completion of the pilot program under this 21 section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 22 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 23 House of Representatives a report that describes the 24 conduct of the pilot program. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:10 Jun 15, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1860.IS S1860 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1860 IS (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para- 1 graph (1) shall include the following: 2 (A) A description of the pilot program, in- 3 cluding outcome measures to determine its ef- 4 fectiveness. 5 (B) A description of the ability of the pilot 6 program— 7 (i) to identify combat readiness and 8 risk for musculoskeletal injury of members 9 of the Armed Forces; and 10 (ii) to address risk reduction via per- 11 sonalized fitness programs. 12 (C) A description of the reduction in inju- 13 ries to members of the Armed Forces and any 14 associated cost savings as a result of the pilot 15 program. 16 (D) A description of the reduction in non- 17 deployability or early return from deployment of 18 members of the Armed Forces due to musculo- 19 skeletal injury as a result of the pilot program. 20 (f) DURATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 21 pilot program under this section for a period of not more 22 than three years. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:10 Jun 15, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1860.IS S1860 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS