Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025
Current understanding
The Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025 would expand the VA’s Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Initiative to require identification and validation of brain and mental health biomarkers in veterans, with an emphasis on repetitive low-level blast exposure, dementia, and related neurological conditions. The bill mandates DoD data-sharing with VA researchers and directs a partnership with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with authorities running through FY2034. Fiscal implications (authorization levels, offsets) are not yet detailed in the available record; status is introduced.
Evidence log
- 2026-03-26 — Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2026: A 2026 version of the Precision Brain Health Research Act would expand the Scott Hannon Initiative for Precision Mental Health to add biomarker targets for repetitive low-level blast exposure and dementia, require VA–DoD data-sharing and National Academies validation, and extend reporting through FY2030. (novelty: 3)