National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 18, 2015)
National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015
Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) evaluate existing surveillance and data collection systems that track the incidence and circumstances of traumatic brain injury, including concussion; (2) establish a statistically sound, scientifically credible, and integrated National Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance System; and (3) ensure that the System is designed in a manner that facilitates further research on brain injury.
Requires the CDC to make information and analysis in the System available to the public and ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as those under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
What just happenedMar 20, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 18, 2015
- Mar 20, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 18, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 18, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House