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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2600 

To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain 

Injury Plan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 20, 2011 

Mr. LANCE (for himself, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 

RICHARDSON, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 

Mr. HARPER, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARSON of 

Indiana, Mr. GRIMM, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 

KISSELL, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, 

Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. BARROW, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. MILLER of 

North Carolina, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FRANK

of Massachusetts, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Ms. JACKSON LEE of 

Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. SIRES, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PENCE, Mr. RYAN of 

Ohio, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MEEHAN, 

Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Ms. 

BROWN of Florida, and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric 

Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Pediatric Ac3 quired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY 

5 PLAN. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2012 

7 through 2018, the Secretary shall make a payment to the 

8 State Lead Center in each State for implementation of 

9 the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 

10 (b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—In making payments 

11 under subsection (a), the Secretary— 

12 (1) shall allocate amounts among the State 

13 Lead Centers consistently with the National Pedi14 atric Acquired Brain Injury Plan; and 

15 (2) if the amounts available to carry out this 

16 section for a fiscal year are insufficient to pay the 

17 full amounts that all State Lead Centers are eligible 

18 to receive under the National Pediatric Acquired 

19 Brain Plan, shall ratably reduce the allocations to 

20 the State Lead Centers. 

21 (c) ASSURANCES.—As a condition on receipt of a pay22 ment under this section, a State Lead Center shall provide 

23 such assurances as the Secretary may require to ensure 

24 that the payment is used to implement the National Pedi25 atric Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 


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1 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 

2 to the Congress an annual report containing— 

3 (1) an evaluation of all federally funded pedi4 atric acquired brain injury research, clinical care, 

5 and institutional, home-based, and community-based 

6 programs (including an evaluation of the outcomes 

7 of such programs); and 

8 (2) an up-to-date copy of the National Pediatric 

9 Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 

10 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) The term ‘‘National Pediatric Acquired 

12 Brain Injury Plan’’ means the National Pediatric 

13 Acquired Brain Injury Plan, as developed by the 

14 International Advisory Board of the Sarah Jane 

15 Brain Foundation prior to the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act and including any revisions or updates to 

17 such Plan by the Secretary subsequent to such date 

18 of enactment. 

19 (2) The term ‘‘pediatric acquired brain injury’’ 

20 means an injury to the developing brain of an indi21 vidual that— 

22 (A) occurs during the period from birth 

23 through 25 years of age; and 

24 (B) is caused by either— 


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1 (i) trauma (such as a motor or non2 motor vehicle crash, child abuse or abusive 

3 head trauma (commonly referred to as 

4 ‘‘shaken baby syndrome’’), a sport-related 

5 concussion, a fall, a gun shot wound, a 

6 blast injury from war, or being struck by 

7 an object); or 

8 (ii) a non-traumatic event (such as a 

9 stroke, a brain tumor, meningitis, seizure, 

10 ischemia, pediatric AIDS, an infection, poi11 soning, hypoxia, or encephalopathy). 

12 (3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

13 of Health and Human Services. 

14 (4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 

15 States, the District of Columbia, and the Common16 wealth of Puerto Rico. 

17 (5) The term ‘‘State Lead Center’’ means a 

18 State Lead Center of Excellence as defined and des19 ignated under the National Pediatric Acquired Brain 

20 Injury Plan. 

21 (f) FUNDING.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Out of the discretionary 

23 funds available to the Secretary for each of fiscal 

24 years 2012 through 2018, the following amounts 

25 shall be for carrying out this section— 


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1 (A) $380,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

2 (B) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

3 (C) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

4 (D) $505,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

5 (E) $379,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

6 (F) $253,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and 

7 (G) $126,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 

8 (2) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDS.—The amount 

9 of discretionary funds allocated to carry out this sec10 tion under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to, not 

11 in lieu of, the amount of discretionary funds that 

12 would otherwise be used by the Secretary for brain 

13 injury-specific programs and activities. 

14 (3) SUNSET.—No Federal funds may be obli15 gated to carry out this section for any fiscal year 

16 after fiscal year 2018. 

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