Qualified to Serve Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4333 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4333

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for consistency, 
   transparency, and fairness with respect to medical evaluations to 
  determine fitness to serve as members of the Armed Forces, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2025

Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Davis of North 
   Carolina, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for consistency, 
   transparency, and fairness with respect to medical evaluations to 
  determine fitness to serve as members of the Armed Forces, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Qualified to Serve Act''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAL ACCESSION STANDARDS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    Chapter 37 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section:
``Sec. 658. Medical accession standards for members of the Armed Forces
    ``(a) Establishment of Standards.--(1) The Secretaries concerned 
shall establish uniform medical accession standards for each Armed 
Force. Such standards shall--
            ``(A) apply uniformly for all commissioned officers of an 
        Armed Force; and
            ``(B) apply uniformly for all enlisted members of an Armed 
        Force across each occupational specialty.
    ``(2) The Secretary concerned shall make readily available and 
understandable to potential members of the Armed Forces the standards 
established under paragraph (1), including an explanation of the 
process established under subsection (c)(1) and the process for seeking 
approval under subsection (c)(2).
    ``(b) Prohibition on Certain Medical Disqualifications.--No person 
may be disqualified from serving as a member of the Armed Forces on the 
sole basis of a past diagnosis of a medical condition if--
            ``(1) the diagnosis occurred before such person reached the 
        age of 13 years old;
            ``(2) the condition did not require treatment during the 
        five-year period that ends on the date on which such person 
        seeks to become a member of the Armed Forces;
            ``(3) a licensed medical professional provides a current 
        evaluation affirming that such person does not meet diagnostic 
        criteria for the condition and is medically fit for service as 
        a member of the Armed Forces; and
            ``(4) the Secretary concerned determines such diagnosis is 
        unlikely to impact the health and readiness of the Armed Force 
        of which such person seeks to become a member.
    ``(c) Process for Review or Waiver of Medical Disqualifications.--
(1) The Secretary concerned shall establish a process for the review of 
medical disqualifications of persons seeking to become a member of the 
Armed Forces.
    ``(2) The Secretary concerned may approve the accession of a person 
into the Armed Forces without regard to a disqualifying medical 
diagnosis if the Secretary concerned determines that the accession of 
such person is in the interests of national security.
    ``(d) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall annually 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report identifying--
            ``(1) the number of persons disqualified from service as a 
        member of the Armed Forces during the preceding calendar year 
        due to medical history;
            ``(2) the number and type of approvals granted under 
        subsection (c)(2) during the preceding calendar year; and
            ``(3) any updates to the medical standards for accession 
        established under subsection (a) or the process established 
        under subsection (c)(1) since the submission of the preceding 
        report.''.
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