3.0.0 7274 2019-11-15T21:20:20Z 2019-11-15T21:20:20Z House H HR 2008-11-19 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-11-19T21:00:56Z Referred to 2008-11-19T18:15:45Z 2008-11-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2294) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-11-19 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-11-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 8 N P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2008-11-19 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2008-11-19 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Department of Health and Human Services Elementary and secondary education Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Neurological disorders School athletics Health 00 2008-11-19 Introduced in House 2009-01-12T19:31:13Z Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2008 or the ConTACT Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states for: (1) establishing, disseminating, and ensuring the implementation by schools of concussion management guidelines with respect to the prevention, identification, treatment, and management of sports-related concussions in student athletes, including standards for student athletes to return to play after a concussion; and (2) funding implementation by schools of computerized preseason baseline and post-injury neuropsychological testing for student athletes. Directs states to utilize, to the extent practicable, applicable expertise and services offered by local chapters of national brain injury organizations.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to convene a conference of medical, athletic, and educational stakeholders to establish model concussion management guidelines with respect to student athletes.

]]> ConTACT Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced ConTACT Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2008 Display Title ConTACT Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment and implementation of concussion management guidelines with respect to student athletes, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7274ih/xml/BILLS-110hr7274ih.xml 2008-11-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2294) 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.