A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs, and for other purposes.
Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a study to: (1) determine the incidence and prevalence of traumatic brain injury; (2) report national trends in traumatic brain injury; (3) identify common therapeutic interventions which are used for the rehabilitation of individuals with such injuries; and (4) develop practice guidelines for such rehabilitation.
Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to states and American Indian consortia (currently, only states) to improve access to rehabilitation (currently, health) and other services regarding traumatic brain injury.
Requires the Administration and the Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities to coordinate the collection of data regarding protection and advocacy services. Directs the Administrator to make a grant for training and technical assistance to protection and advocacy systems, if funds permit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7629)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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