MedShield Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5222 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5222 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program using artificial intelligence. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a pandemic preparedness and response program using artificial intelligence. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``MedShield Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows: (1) The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need to better organize pathogen defense of the people of the United …