# 119-s-1085: MedShield Act of 2025

119-s-1085, MedShield Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1085
- Congress: 119
- Title: MedShield Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-14
- Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-20

## Summary

**AI-powered national medical shield**: The MedShield Act of 2025 would create a MedShield program that uses artificial intelligence and other technologies to detect and track pathogens, speed vaccine and therapeutic development, and coordinate U.S. and allied pandemic responses. - Families would benefit from faster detection and potentially quicker access to vaccines and treatments through a global pathogen surveillance system and AI-enabled acceleration of medical countermeasures. - HHS would serve as the lead coordinator for public health and medical emergency support under FEMA's National Response Framework and would consult other federal agencies and selected international partners to integrate efforts. - Biotech companies and manufacturers would face directed use of AI-enabled systems and advanced modeling to accelerate identification of vaccines and therapeutics and to streamline rapid manufacturing and distribution. - Congress would receive an unclassified plan report within 180 days, with a possible classified annex, outlining how the program will operate and integrate recommendations from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence. *It would authorize appropriations of $300.0 million for FY2025, $350.0 million for FY2026, $400.0 million for FY2027, $450.0 million for FY2028, and $500.0 million for FY2029, available until expended.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- National AI pandemic program funding: benefit, high. This bill would require HHS to create a national "MedShield" program that uses artificial intelligence and other technologies to watch for biological threats. It would push HHS to build global pathogen surveillance, speed vaccine and therapeutic discovery, improve modeling for tracking and distribu…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1085 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1085)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1085 (as of 2025-12-20).