Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 23, 2014.  Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2019 traumatic brain injury (TBI) prevention and surveillance or registry programs.  (Sec. 3) Reauthorizes through FY2019 the programs of grants to states and Indian consortia for TBI services, and protection and advocacy systems to provide services to individuals with TBI.  (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a plan for the improved coordination of federal activities with respect to TBI that will:  review interagency coordination efforts; identify areas for improved coordination between federal agencies and programs, including those with a focus on serving individuals with disabilities; identify adopted recommendations from the report on development and improvement of TBI diagnostic tools and treatments and describe plans to address each recommendation that has not been adopted; and incorporate feedback from stakeholders, including individuals with TBI and their caregivers.  (Sec. 6) Directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review the scientific evidence related to brain injury management in children and identify opportunities for research. 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Traumatic Brain Injury 
Reauthorization Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. CDC PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND SURVEILLANCE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN 
INJURY.
    (a) Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury.--Section 393B(b)(3) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-1c(b)(3)) is amended by 
striking ``2010, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2010'' and 
inserting ``2020, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2020''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 394A of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-3) is amended--
        (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows 
    through ``For the purpose'' and inserting the following:
``SEC. 394A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    ``(a) In General.--For the purpose'';
        (2) by striking the second period; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Traumatic Brain Injury.--To carry out sections 393B and 393C, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $6,564,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2015 through 2019.''.
SEC. 3. STATE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS REGARDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
    Section 1252 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-52) 
is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``, acting through the 
    Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
    Administration,'';
        (2) in paragraphs (1)(A)(i) and (3)(E) of subsection (f), by 
    striking ``brain injury'' and inserting ``traumatic brain injury'';
        (3) in subsection (h), by striking ``under this section, and 
    section 1253 including'' and inserting ``under this section and 
    section 1253, including''; and
        (4) in subsection (j), by striking ``such sums as may be 
    necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005, and such 
    sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
    2012'' and inserting ``$5,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 
    through 2019''.
SEC. 4. STATE GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES.
    Section 1253 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-53) 
is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``, acting through the 
    Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration 
    (referred to in this section as the `Administrator'),'';
        (2) in subsections (c), (d)(1), (e)(1), (e)(4), (g), (h), and 
    (j)(1), by striking ``Administrator'' each place it appears and 
    inserting ``Secretary'';
        (3) in subsection (h)--
            (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
        ``reporting'';
            (B) by striking ``Each protection and advocacy system'' and 
        inserting the following:
        ``(1) Reports by systems.--Each protection and advocacy 
    system''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Report by secretary.--Not later than 1 year after the 
    date of enactment of the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act 
    of 2014, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
    committees of Congress a report describing the services and 
    activities carried out under this section during the period for 
    which the report is being prepared.'';
        (4) in subsection (i), by striking ``The Administrator of the 
    Health Resources'' and all that follows through ``regarding'' and 
    inserting ``The Secretary shall facilitate agreements to coordinate 
    the collection of data by agencies within the Department of Health 
    and Human Services regarding'';
        (5) in subsection (k), by striking ``subtitle C of the 
    Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
    2000'' and inserting ``subtitle C of title I of the Developmental 
    Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
    15041 et seq.)'';
        (6) in subsection (l), by striking ``$5,000,000 for fiscal year 
    2001, and such sums as may be necessary for each the fiscal years 
    2009 through 2012'' and inserting ``$3,100,000 for each of the 
    fiscal years 2015 through 2019''; and
        (7) in subsection (m)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``part C of the 
        Developmental Disabilities Assistance Bill of Rights Act (42 
        U.S.C. 6042 et seq.)'' and inserting ``subtitle C of title I of 
        the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 
        Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``part C of the 
        Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 6042 et seq.)'' and inserting ``subtitle C of title 
        I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
        Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.)''.
SEC. 5. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY COORDINATION PLAN.
    (a) Development of Plan.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall develop a plan for improved coordination of Federal activities 
with respect to traumatic brain injury. Such plan shall--
        (1) review existing interagency coordination efforts with 
    respect to Federal activities related to traumatic brain injury, 
    including services for individuals with traumatic brain injury;
        (2) identify areas for improved coordination between relevant 
    Federal agencies and programs, including agencies and programs with 
    a focus on serving individuals with disabilities;
        (3) identify each recommendation in the report required by 
    section 393C(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-
    1d(b)) that has been adopted and each such recommendation that has 
    not been adopted, and describe any planned activities to address 
    each such recommendation that has not been adopted; and
        (4) incorporate, as appropriate, stakeholder feedback, 
    including feedback from individuals with traumatic brain injury and 
    their caregivers.
    (b) Submission to Congress.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall submit the plan developed under subsection (a) to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 6. REVIEW OF BRAIN INJURY MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN.
    The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 
consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
shall conduct a review of the scientific evidence related to brain 
injury management in children, such as the restriction or prohibition 
of children from attending school or participating in athletic 
activities following a head injury, and identify ongoing and potential 
further opportunities for research. Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention shall submit to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives the results of such 
review.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.