Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5738
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2006-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Brain
Caregivers
Case management
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuum of care
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Family services
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Head injuries
Health information systems
Health surveys
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the disabled
Indian medical care
Law
Legal services
Long-term care
Medical research
Medical statistics
Military medicine
Minorities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Native Americans
Quality of care
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Research grants
Respite care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Trauma care
Veterans' medical care
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: 
Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) revise the national program for traumatic brain injury registries to include grants for a traumatic brain injury surveillance system; and (2) authorize appropriations through 2010 for the prevention and control of injuries.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a study to: (1) determine the incidence and prevalence of traumatic brain injury; (2) maintain data on the incidence and prevalence of mild traumatic brain injury; (3) report national trends in traumatic brain injury; (4) identify common therapeutic interventions used for the rehabilitation of individuals with such injuries; and (5) develop practice guidelines for such rehabilitation.
 
Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to states and American Indian consortia to improve access to rehabilitation and other services regarding traumatic brain injury.
 
Requires the Administration and the Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities to coordinate the collection of data regarding protection and advocacy services. Directs the Administrator to make a grant for training and technical assistance to protection and advocacy systems, if funds permit.
 
Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to provide for projects of national significance that: (1) support the development of policies that reinforce and promote self-determination, independence, productivity, integration, and inclusion in all facets of community life for individuals with traumatic brain injury; and (2) hold promise to improve or expand opportunities for such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1321-1322)
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Introduced in House