,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hadi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #a1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,lamb 7for himself and ,mr4   
,bost7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to carry out an initiative to  
identify and validate brain and mental  
health biomarkers among veterans4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,va ,precision ,medicine ,act4  #b4
 ,precision medicine initiative of      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
identify and validate brain and mental  
health biomarkers  7a7 ,in general      
,beginning not later than two years     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs shall develop and implement an 
initiative of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs to identify and      
validate brain and mental health        
biomarkers among veterans1 with specific

 consideration for depression1 anxiety1 
post-traumatic stress disorder1 bipolar 
disorder1 traumatic brain injury1 and   
such other mental health conditions as  
the ,secretary considers appropriate4   
,such initiative may be referred to as  
the ,precision ,medicine for ,veterans  
,initiative4  7b7 ,model of initiative  
,the initiative under subsection 7a7    
shall be modeled on the ,all of ,us     
,precision ,medicine ,initiative        
administered by the ,national           
,institutes of ,health with respect to  
large-scale collection of standardized  
data and open data sharing4  7c7 ,use of
 data  7#a7 ,privacy and security ,in   
carrying out the initiative under       
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall    
develop robust data privacy and security
 measures to ensure that information of 
veterans participating in the initiative
 is kept private and secure4  7#b7 ,open
 platform  7,a7 ,research purposes  7i7 
,in general ,the ,secretary shall make  
de-identified data collected under the  

initiative available for research       
purposes both within and outside of the 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7ii7
 ,research ,the ,secretary shall assist 
the ,national ,institutes of ,health and
 the ,department of ,energy in the use  
by the ,national ,institutes of ,health 
or the ,department of ,energy of data   
collected under the initiative for      
research purposes under clause 7i74     
7,b7 ,data may not be sold ,data        
collected under the initiative may not  
be sold4  7#c7 ,standardization  7,a7   
,in general ,the ,secretary shall ensure
 that data collected under the          
initiative is standardized4  7,b7       
,consultation ,the ,secretary shall     
consult with the ,national ,institutes  
of ,health and the ,food and ,drug      
,administration to determine the most   
effective1 efficient1 and cost-effective
 way of standardizing data collected    
under the initiative4  7,c7 ,manner of  
standardization ,data collected under   
the initiative shall be standardized in 

the manner in which it is collected1    
entered into the database1 extracted1   
and recorded4  7#d7 ,measures of brain  
function or structure ,any measures of  
brain function or structure collected   
under the initiative shall be collected 
with a device that is approved by the   
,food and ,drug ,administration4  7d7   
,inclusion of initiative in program ,the
 ,secretary shall assess the feasibility
 and advisability of coordinating       
efforts of the initiative under         
subsection 7a7 with the ,million        
,veterans ,program of the ,department1  
while seeking a population-based sample4