[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7208 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7208

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                                 AN ACT


 
           To reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program.

    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 ``Dennis John Benigno Traumatic Brain 
Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. THE BILL PASCRELL, JR., NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN 
              INJURY SURVEILLANCE AND REGISTRIES.

    Section 393C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-1d) 
is amended--
            (1) by amending the section header to read as follows: 
        ``the bill pascrell, jr., national program for traumatic brain 
        injury surveillance and registries''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).

SEC. 3. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INJURIES.

    Section 394A(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-
3(b)) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2020 through 2024'' and 
inserting ``fiscal years 2025 through 2029''.

SEC. 4. STATE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS REGARDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

    Section 1252 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-52) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``that is not less 
        than $1 for each $2 of Federal funds provided under the 
        grant.'' and inserting the following: ``that is--
                    ``(A) for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, not less 
                than $1 for each $2 of Federal funds provided under the 
                grant; and
                    ``(B) for fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding 
                fiscal year, not less than $0.50 for each $2 of Federal 
                funds provided under the grant.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (e);
            (3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as 
        subsections (e) through (h), respectively;
            (4) by amending subsection (g)(2), as so redesignated, to 
        read as follows:
            ``(2)(A) The term `traumatic brain injury' means an 
        acquired injury to the brain.
                    ``(B) Such term--
                            ``(i) does not include brain dysfunction 
                        caused by congenital or degenerative disorders, 
                        nor birth trauma; and
                            ``(ii) may include--
                                    ``(I) brain injuries caused by 
                                anoxia due to trauma; and
                                    ``(II) damage to the brain from an 
                                internal or external source that 
                                results in toxicity, surgery, or 
                                vascular disorders not associated with 
                                aging.
                    ``(C) The Secretary may revise the definition of 
                such term as the Secretary determines necessary, after 
                consultation with States and other appropriate public 
                or nonprofit private entities.''; and
            (5) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``fiscal years 2020 through 2024'' and inserting ``fiscal years 
        2025 through 2029''.

SEC. 5. STATE GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY SERVICES.

    Section 1253(l) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-
53(l)) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2020 through 2024'' and 
inserting ``fiscal years 2025 through 2029''.

SEC. 6. REPORT ON DESIGNATING BRAIN INJURY AS A CHRONIC CONDITION.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
            (1) examine the evidence base for designating brain injury 
        as a chronic condition that can impact individuals with brain 
        injury across the lifespan; and
            (2) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act--
                    (A) submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
                of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
                report detailing the findings, conclusions, and 
                recommendations of the examination described in 
                paragraph (1); and
                    (B) make publicly available on the website of the 
                Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the report 
                described in subparagraph (A).

            Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 2024.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7208

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

           To reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program.