National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a payment for each fiscal year from FY2012-FY2018 to the State Lead Center in each state for implementation of the National Acquired Brain Injury Plan, as developed by the International Advisory Board of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2600 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2600
To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain
Injury Plan.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 20, 2011
Mr. Lance (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Moran, Mr. McGovern, Ms.
Richardson, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr.
Harper, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Carson of Indiana,
Mr. Grimm, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kissell, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Ms. Fudge, Mrs.
Capito, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rush, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mrs.
McMorris Rodgers, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Sires, Ms.
Norton, Mr. Pence, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Brady of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Larson
of Connecticut, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Runyan, Mr.
Ross of Arkansas, Ms. Brown of Florida, and Mr. Himes) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To provide for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain
Injury Plan.
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 ``National Pediatric Acquired Brain
Injury Plan Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL PEDIATRIC ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY PLAN.
(a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2012 through 2018, the
Secretary shall make a payment to the State Lead Center in each State
for implementation of the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury
Plan.
(b) Amount of Payments.--In making payments under subsection (a),
the Secretary--
(1) shall allocate amounts among the State Lead Centers
consistently with the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury
Plan; and
(2) if the amounts available to carry out this section for
a fiscal year are insufficient to pay the full amounts that all
State Lead Centers are eligible to receive under the National
Pediatric Acquired Brain Plan, shall ratably reduce the
allocations to the State Lead Centers.
(c) Assurances.--As a condition on receipt of a payment under this
section, a State Lead Center shall provide such assurances as the
Secretary may require to ensure that the payment is used to implement
the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.
(d) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an
annual report containing--
(1) an evaluation of all federally funded pediatric
acquired brain injury research, clinical care, and
institutional, home-based, and community-based programs
(including an evaluation of the outcomes of such programs); and
(2) an up-to-date copy of the National Pediatric Acquired
Brain Injury Plan.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury
Plan'' means the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan,
as developed by the International Advisory Board of the Sarah
Jane Brain Foundation prior to the date of the enactment of
this Act and including any revisions or updates to such Plan by
the Secretary subsequent to such date of enactment.
(2) The term ``pediatric acquired brain injury'' means an
injury to the developing brain of an individual that--
(A) occurs during the period from birth through 25
years of age; and
(B) is caused by either--
(i) trauma (such as a motor or non-motor
vehicle crash, child abuse or abusive head
trauma (commonly referred to as ``shaken baby
syndrome''), a sport-related concussion, a
fall, a gun shot wound, a blast injury from
war, or being struck by an object); or
(ii) a non-traumatic event (such as a
stroke, a brain tumor, meningitis, seizure,
ischemia, pediatric AIDS, an infection,
poisoning, hypoxia, or encephalopathy).
(3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health
and Human Services.
(4) The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(5) The term ``State Lead Center'' means a State Lead
Center of Excellence as defined and designated under the
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan.
(f) Funding.--
(1) In general.--Out of the discretionary funds available
to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2018,
the following amounts shall be for carrying out this section--
(A) $380,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
(B) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
(C) $632,000,000 for fiscal year 2014;
(D) $505,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;
(E) $379,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;
(F) $253,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and
(G) $126,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.
(2) Relation to other funds.--The amount of discretionary
funds allocated to carry out this section under paragraph (1)
shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, the amount of
discretionary funds that would otherwise be used by the
Secretary for brain injury-specific programs and activities.
(3) Sunset.--No Federal funds may be obligated to carry out
this section for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2018.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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