Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 2. CDC programs for prevention and surveillance of traumatic brain injury (a) Prevention Section 393B(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1c(b)(3)) is amended by striking health-status goals for 2010, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2010 health-status goals for 2020, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2020 (b) Surveillance Subsection (b) of section 393C of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280b–1d (1) by striking (b) Not later than (b) Reports (1) Initial report Not later than ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Subsequent report Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 (A) identifies which recommendations in the report under paragraph (1) have been adopted and which recommendations in such report have not been adopted; and (B) includes a description of planned activities to address each recommendation in such report that has not been adopted. . (c) Funding Section 394A of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280b–3 (1) by striking and 1994, (2) by striking the second period at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following: Of the amounts made available to carry out this part for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, there is authorized to be appropriated $6,100,000 to carry out sections 393B and 393C. 3. State grants for projects regarding traumatic brain injury Section 1252 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300d–52 (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 traumatic brain injury (3) in subsection (h), by striking the comma after under this section including (4) by amending subsection (j) to read as follows: (j) Authorization of appropriations For carrying out this section and section 1253, there is authorized to be appropriated $9,760,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. . 4. State grants for protection and advocacy services Section 1253 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300d–53 (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 Secretary (3) in subsection (h)— (A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting Reporting (B) by striking Each protection and advocacy system (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 2013 . (4) in subsection (i)— (A) by striking Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration Secretary (B) by striking by the Administrator by the Secretary (5) in subsection (k), by striking subtitle C subtitle C of title I (6) by striking subsection (l) (relating to authorization of appropriations); and (7) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (l). May 20, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress on recommendations (made pursuant to an earlier report) concerning improvements in the collection and dissemination of compatible epidemiological studies on the incidence and prevalence of traumatic brain injury in individuals who were formerly in the military, identifying recommendations that have been adopted and describing activities planned to address those that were not adopted. Authorizes appropriations through FY2019 for: (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury, and (2) traumatic brain injury surveillance systems or registries. Authorizes appropriations through FY2019 for the programs of grants to: (1) states and American Indian consortia for projects to improve access to rehabilitation and other services regarding traumatic brain injury, and (2) protection and advocacy systems for the purpose of enabling such systems to provide services to individuals with traumatic brain injury. Removes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration as agent for the Secretary in administering these programs. Vests responsibility for administering the programs solely in the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress not later than one year after enactment of this Act on the services and activities of the protection and advocacy systems.