H.R. 1098: Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013

Introduced:
Mar 12, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. [D-NJ9]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Mar 12, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 12, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

9% chance of getting past committee.
3% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
3 cosponsors (2D, 1R) (show)
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House Energy and Commerce

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Full Title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research.

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Last updated Mar 12, 2013.
3 pages

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3/12/2013--Introduced.
Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2018 for:
(1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury, and
(2) traumatic brain injury surveillance systems or registries.
Reauthorizes through FY2018 programs of grants to:
(1) states and American Indian consortia for projects to improve access to rehabilitation and other services regarding traumatic brain injury, and
(2) protection and advocacy systems for the purpose of enabling such systems to provide services to individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Removes the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration as agent for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in administering these programs.
Vests responsibility for administering the programs solely in the Secretary. Reauthorizes through FY2018 the comprehensive program of research on trauma carried out by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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