3.0.0 3668 2023-01-12T17:52:29Z 2023-01-12T17:52:29Z Senate S S 2006-07-17 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-17T19:50:31Z Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 109 5738 HR 2006-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2006-07-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2006-07-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7629) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2006-07-17 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-09-11 False Health Access to health care Authorization Brain Case management Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Head injuries Health information systems Health surveys Indian medical care Law Legal services Medical research Medical statistics Minorities National Institutes of Health (NIH) Native Americans Rehabilitation of the disabled Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Trauma care Health 00 2006-07-17 Introduced in Senate 2006-09-25T19:38:28Z Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require 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) report national trends in traumatic brain injury; (3) identify common therapeutic interventions which are used for the rehabilitation of individuals with such injuries; and (4) 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 (currently, only states) to improve access to rehabilitation (currently, health) 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.

]]> Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 Display Title Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-07-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3668is/xml/BILLS-109s3668is.xml 2006-07-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.