The bill would require the Secretary of Defense to start a two-year wastewater surveillance pilot within 180 days of enactment. The pilot would cover at least four military installations and use a uniform data system across the Department of Defense. It must include monitoring for covered drugs at one installation and infectious diseases at another. Within 90 days after the pilot ends, the Secretary must report findings, possible interventions or policy changes, and an assessment of the pilot’s effect on force health protection and readiness.
The pilot would apply at selected military installations. It would use wastewater to monitor covered drug use and the prevalence of infectious diseases among service members there. The bill does not describe how individual results would be handled.
The bill provides no specific funding amount. It directs the Secretary to use existing Department of Defense resources and authorities as deemed appropriate.
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