US Congress House Bill 396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 24 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

TBI Treatment Act - Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (Secretaries) to carry out a five-year pilot program under which each Secretary establishes a process for providing payments to facilities for treatments of traumatic brain injury (TBI) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) received by members of the Armed Forces and veterans in facilities other than military treatment facilities or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. Subjects such payments to specified conditions, including approved treatment. Requires the VA Secretary to notify each veteran with a service-connected injury or disability of the opportunity to receive such treatment. Requires the Secretaries to jointly: (1) develop and maintain a database containing data from each patient case involving the use of such treatments; and (2) report annually to Congress on the implementation of this Act.

TBI Treatment Act

Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-01-24	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2011-01-24	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-01-24	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HB4310 (Related) 2013-01-02 - Became Public Law No: 112-239.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/396/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr396/BILLS-112hr396ih.pdf