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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. RAN-
GEL, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Pediatric Ac-
quired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY 
PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2018, the Secretary shall make a payment to the 
State Lead Center in each State for implementation of 
the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 
(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—In making payments 
under subsection (a), the Secretary— 
(1) shall allocate amounts among the State 
Lead Centers consistently with the National Pedi-
atric Acquired Brain Injury Plan; and 
(2) if the amounts available to carry out this 
section for a fiscal year are insufficient to pay the 
full amounts that all State Lead Centers are eligible 
to receive under the National Pediatric Acquired 
Brain Plan, shall ratably reduce the allocations to 
the State Lead Centers. 
(c) ASSURANCES.—As a condition on receipt of a pay-
ment under this section, a State Lead Center shall provide 
such assurances as the Secretary may require to ensure 
that the payment is used to implement the National Pedi-
atric Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 
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(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 
to the Congress an annual report containing— 
(1) an evaluation of all federally funded pedi-
atric acquired brain injury research, clinical care, 
and institutional, home-based, and community-based 
programs (including an evaluation of the outcomes 
of such programs); and 
(2) an up-to-date copy of the National Pediatric 
Acquired Brain Injury Plan. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘National Pediatric Acquired 
Brain Injury Plan’’ means the National Pediatric 
Acquired Brain Injury Plan, as developed by the 
International Advisory Board of the Sarah Jane 
Brain Foundation prior to the date of the enactment 
of this Act and including any revisions or updates to 
such Plan by the Secretary subsequent to such date 
of enactment. 
(2) The term ‘‘pediatric acquired brain injury’’ 
means an injury to the developing brain of an indi-
vidual that— 
(A) occurs during the period from birth 
through 25 years of age; and 
(B) is caused by either— 
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(i) trauma (such as a motor or non- 
motor vehicle crash, child abuse or abusive 
head trauma (commonly referred to as 
‘‘shaken baby syndrome’’), a sport-related 
concussion, a fall, a gun shot wound, a 
blast injury from war, or being struck by 
an object); or 
(ii) a non-traumatic event (such as a 
stroke, a brain tumor, meningitis, seizure, 
ischemia, pediatric AIDS, an infection, poi-
soning, hypoxia, or encephalopathy). 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico. 
(5) The term ‘‘State Lead Center’’ means a 
State Lead Center of Excellence as defined and des-
ignated under the National Pediatric Acquired Brain 
Injury Plan. 
(f) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Out of the discretionary 
funds available to the Secretary for each of fiscal 
years 2012 through 2018, the following amounts 
shall be for carrying out this section— 
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(A) $380,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(B) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
(C) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
(D) $505,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
(E) $379,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
(F) $253,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and 
(G) $126,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
(2) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDS.—The amount 
of discretionary funds allocated to carry out this sec-
tion under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to, not 
in lieu of, the amount of discretionary funds that 
would otherwise be used by the Secretary for brain 
injury-specific programs and activities. 
(3) SUNSET.—No Federal funds may be obli-
gated to carry out this section for any fiscal year 
after fiscal year 2018. 
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