Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
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Summary
Would expand VA brain health research to include repetitive low-level blast exposure and dementia. It would also require the VA to create a VA–DoD data-sharing partnership and launch a package of big-data, implementation, translational, and quality-improvement studies focused on veterans with likely blast-related brain injury.
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- Veterans and families: Directs the VA to study diagnosis and care for veterans with likely low-level repetitive blast injuries, including at least two large-scale implementation studies, four quality-improvement studies, and a translational study on growth hormone therapy.
- Military data and systems: Requires the VA to work with the Department of Defense to store Department-wide Armed Forces, Special Operations, and chronic neurotrauma consortium data on an open platform for the initiative.
- Researchers and oversight: Calls for a National Academies contract to validate brain and mental health biomarkers and for reports to Veterans’ Affairs committees at least every two years, plus an assessment of ongoing translational work.
*Would authorize $5.0 million per year for FY2025–2034, increasing federal spending authority by about $50.0 million over that period.*
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More VA brain research for veterans
This bill would expand the VA precision medicine initiative to include repetitive low-level blast exposure and dementia. It would require VA to study likely low-level repetitive blast injuries. VA would run a big-data assessment and at least two large implementation studies of proven interventions. It would also require a translational study on growth hormone replacement and four large quality-improvement studies. The bill would require VA to work with the Department of Defense to create a data-sharing partnership. The DoD must provide department-wide records, Special Operations Command data, and the long-term brain injury consortium data.
Annual $5 million for VA research
This bill would authorize $5 million to be appropriated to VA each year. The funding would cover fiscal years 2025 through 2034 and support the precision medicine initiative's work.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Cosponsors
Angus King
ME • I
Sponsored 2/27/2025
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 3/25/2026
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