[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3963 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3963

To protect survivors from brain injury by authorizing the Secretary of 
 Health and Human Services to collect data on the prevalence of brain 
         injuries resulting from domestic and sexual violence.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 30, 2022

 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To protect survivors from brain injury by authorizing the Secretary of 
 Health and Human Services to collect data on the prevalence of brain 
         injuries resulting from domestic and sexual violence.

    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 ``Protecting Survivors from Traumatic 
Brain Injury Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. DATA COLLECTION.

    (a) Collection of Data on Brain Injuries Related to Domestic and 
Sexual Violence.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
        collect data on the prevalence of brain injuries resulting from 
        domestic and sexual violence in order to assist the Department 
        in understanding, addressing, and allocating resources to 
        reduce and treat such injuries and the cause of such injuries.
            (2) Collection.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall distribute a survey that follows up on, and 
        operates under the National Intimate Partner and Sexual 
        Violence Survey (NISVS) that will ask questions about the 
        prevalence and circumstances surrounding brain injuries due to 
        domestic and sexual violence. The Secretary shall allow for 
        data collection for not fewer than 2 years.
            (3) Privacy.--Data shall be collected, stored, and analyzed 
        under this section in a manner that protects individual privacy 
        and confidentiality.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to relevant congressional 
committees, and post on the website of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, a report that shall contain--
            (1) an analysis of the data collected under subsection (a) 
        relating to the connection between domestic and sexual violence 
        and brain injuries; and
            (2) a description of the steps that the Department of 
        Health and Human Services is taking to increase awareness, 
        increase services, decrease prevalence, and otherwise respond 
        to the public health issue of brain injury that results from 
        domestic and sexual violence.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available for a 
3-year period.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``brain injury'' means 
an injury that impacts the function of the brain as a result of trauma, 
choking, or strangulation due to domestic or sexual violence.
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