National Military Civilian Medical Surge Program Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
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Summary
Creates a Military‑Civilian Medical Surge Program to link selected civilian hospitals and academic centers with the Department of Defense and HHS to boost National Disaster Medical System surge capacity and interoperability during major emergencies.
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- Service members would get expanded medical surge support, patient movement, and transport options during war, national emergencies, public health emergencies, and contingency operations.
- Civilian hospitals and academic medical centers could form partnerships at not fewer than eight transport or logistics hub locations to mobilize civilian medical staff in support of military treatment facilities and NDMS missions.
- The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with HHS and the Defense Health Agency, would run the program as a program of record, set staffing and specialized training requirements, hold semiannual coordination meetings, and provide a report to congressional committees within 180 days after enactment and annually thereafter on readiness and capabilities.
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Linking military and civilian hospitals for emergencies
If enacted, this would link military and civilian hospitals for large emergencies at no fewer than eight U.S. transport hubs. Partners would include public, private, and nonprofit hospitals and medical schools with high-risk infectious disease skills, and more sites could be added, including outside the continental U.S. Civilian medical teams could deploy during a national emergency, a section 319 public health emergency, a war or contingency, or a Presidential disaster, and the Defense Health Agency would support combatant commands. The Institute for Defense Health Cooperation would manage the program with the Joint Staff, DHA, and HHS; it would hold semiannual meetings, quarterly updates, an annual partner meeting, and keep staffing and training standards. DoD would report to Congress within 180 days after the FY2026 NDAA is enacted and yearly; this would not let DoD control HHS leadership, staffing, or resource allocation for the National Disaster Medical System.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Cosponsors
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 2/4/2026
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