The Secretary may revise the definition of such term as the Secretary determines necessary. Develop practice guidelines for the rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury at such time as appropriate scientific research becomes available. The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research within the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, shall conduct a national consensus conference on managing traumatic brain injury and related rehabilitation concerns. Such term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or degenerative disorders, nor birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by anoxia due to near drowning. The Secretary may revise the definition of such term as the Secretary determines necessary.
Amounts appropriated for such other provisions remain available until expended.
Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.