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Healthy Servicemembers Act
Sponsored By: Representative Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a Department of Defense screening program and registry for servicemembers and their family members with health problems tied to unsafe housing. The bill would set rules for who counts as eligible, what counts as an unsafe housing unit, and how people can be screened and added to the registry.
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- Families and servicemembers: Eligible people would be able to get screened for health conditions the Secretary of Defense links to unsafe housing and could be listed in a registry to track their health.
- Military medical treatment facilities: All such facilities would be required to screen eligible individuals for covered conditions under procedures set by the Secretary.
- Department of Defense and public outreach: The DoD would have to create and maintain a registry that records information to monitor health and housing links and run a public information campaign explaining how to register and the benefits of joining.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Health checks and registry for unsafe military housing
If enacted, the Defense Department would run health screening at all military medical treatment facilities for people affected by unsafe housing. You would qualify only if you are a service member or a family member who lived in unsafe housing and have a health problem the department links to that housing. Unsafe housing means a home that fails federal housing quality rules or has dangerous mold air pollution. Screening results could let eligible people join a new registry that tracks health and links to housing conditions. The department would also run a public campaign on how to register and why it helps. This would start upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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