3.0.0 2179 2023-01-11T15:47:58Z 2023-01-11T15:47:58Z House H HR 2007-05-03 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-03T14:05:02Z Referred to 2007-05-03T14:09:15Z 2007-05-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4561) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-03 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-05-03 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 N M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2007-05-10 False Armed Forces and National Security Brain Education Head injuries Health Higher education Iraq compilation Medical centers Medical education Medical research Science, Technology, Communications Trauma care Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-05-03 Introduced in House 2007-06-27T20:30:58Z Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish and operate centers for traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, education, and clinical activities; (2) ensure the geographic distribution of such centers; and (3) designate no more than five centers.

Requires the: (1) official within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) responsible for TBI care to establish a peer review panel to assess the scientific and clinical merit of proposals submitted for the designation of such centers; and (2) Under Secretary of Health to ensure the dissemination throughout the VHA of information produced through the research, education, and clinical activities of the centers.

]]> To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers. Display Title To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers. Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2007-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2179ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2179ih.xml 2007-05-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4561) 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.