3.0.0 2840 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z Senate S S 2009-12-04 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-04T23:03:56Z 111 1347 HR 2010-11-15 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2009-12-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-12-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N 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 2009-12-04 Introduced in Senate 2010-01-07T19:20:39Z Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2009 or the ConTACT Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish concussion management guidelines that address the prevention, identification, treatment, and management of concussions in school-aged children, including standards for student athletes to return to play after a concussion; and (2) convene a conference of medical, athletic, and educational stakeholders to establish such guidelines. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states for: (1) adopting, disseminating, and ensuring the implementation by schools of the guidelines; and (2) funding implementation by schools of computerized preseason baseline and post-injury neuropsychological testing for student athletes. Directs the Secretary to require states to utilize, to the extent practicable, applicable expertise and services offered by local chapters of national brain injury organizations.

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