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HR 1493 · in committee · significant

To reauthorize and make improvements to Federal programs relating to the prevention, detection, and treatment of traumatic brain injuries, and for other purposes.

What this bill does

  • The bill reauthorizes and expands federal health programs focused on preventing, detecting, and treating traumatic brain injuries through 2030.
  • The changes affect CDC and community health agencies providing brain injury surveillance, research, and support services to patients and at-risk populations.
  • The bill funds existing programs and requires HHS to study long-term brain injury effects and report findings to Congress by specified deadlines.

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  1. 01

    How should federal funding for traumatic brain injury programs be balanced against other public health priorities?

  2. 02

    What types of long-term brain injury effects does HHS need to study to better inform future treatment and prevention strategies?

  3. 03

    Which communities or populations currently lack access to brain injury detection and treatment services that this reauthorization could address?

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Sponsor · D-NJ-6

Frank Pallone, Jr.

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Introduced 2025-02-21

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  2. 2025-02-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-02-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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