I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2600 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 A BILL To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.

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Short title

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

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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.