[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2600 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2600

To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain 
                              Injury Plan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2011

  Mr. Lance (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Moran, Mr. McGovern, Ms. 
  Richardson, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
 Harper, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Carson of Indiana, 
   Mr. Grimm, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kissell, Mrs. 
   Blackburn, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. 
  Capito, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. 
   Blumenauer, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rush, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mrs. 
McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Sires, Ms. 
     Norton, Mr. Pence, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Brady of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Larson 
 of Connecticut, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Runyan, Mr. 
 Ross of Arkansas, Ms. Brown of Florida, and Mr. Himes) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain 
                              Injury Plan.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Pediatric Acquired Brain 
Injury Plan Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY PLAN.

    (a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2012 through 2018, the 
Secretary shall make a payment to the State Lead Center in each State 
for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury 
Plan.
    (b) Amount of Payments.--In making payments under subsection (a), 
the Secretary--
            (1) shall allocate amounts among the State Lead Centers 
        consistently with the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury 
        Plan; and
            (2) if the amounts available to carry out this section for 
        a fiscal year are insufficient to pay the full amounts that all 
        State Lead Centers are eligible to receive under the National 
        Pediatric Acquired Brain Plan, shall ratably reduce the 
        allocations to the State Lead Centers.
    (c) Assurances.--As a condition on receipt of a payment under this 
section, a State Lead Center shall provide such assurances as the 
Secretary may require to ensure that the payment is used to implement 
the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.
    (d) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an 
annual report containing--
            (1) an evaluation of all federally funded pediatric 
        acquired brain injury research, clinical care, and 
        institutional, home-based, and community-based programs 
        (including an evaluation of the outcomes of such programs); and
            (2) an up-to-date copy of the National Pediatric Acquired 
        Brain Injury Plan.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury 
        Plan'' means the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan, 
        as developed by the International Advisory Board of the Sarah 
        Jane Brain Foundation prior to the date of the enactment of 
        this Act and including any revisions or updates to such Plan by 
        the Secretary subsequent to such date of enactment.
            (2) The term ``pediatric acquired brain injury'' means an 
        injury to the developing brain of an individual that--
                    (A) occurs during the period from birth through 25 
                years of age; and
                    (B) is caused by either--
                            (i) trauma (such as a motor or non-motor 
                        vehicle crash, child abuse or abusive head 
                        trauma (commonly referred to as ``shaken baby 
                        syndrome''), a sport-related concussion, a 
                        fall, a gun shot wound, a blast injury from 
                        war, or being struck by an object); or
                            (ii) a non-traumatic event (such as a 
                        stroke, a brain tumor, meningitis, seizure, 
                        ischemia, pediatric AIDS, an infection, 
                        poisoning, hypoxia, or encephalopathy).
            (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services.
            (4) The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
            (5) The term ``State Lead Center'' means a State Lead 
        Center of Excellence as defined and designated under the 
        National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.
    (f) Funding.--
            (1) In general.--Out of the discretionary funds available 
        to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2018, 
        the following amounts shall be for carrying out this section--
                    (A) $380,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
                    (B) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
                    (C) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2014;
                    (D) $505,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;
                    (E) $379,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;
                    (F) $253,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and
                    (G) $126,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.
            (2) Relation to other funds.--The amount of discretionary 
        funds allocated to carry out this section under paragraph (1) 
        shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, the amount of 
        discretionary funds that would otherwise be used by the 
        Secretary for brain injury-specific programs and activities.
            (3) Sunset.--No Federal funds may be obligated to carry out 
        this section for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2018.
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