US Congress House Bill 4568 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-7)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel 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 or study protocols. Requires the VA Secretary to notify each veteran with a service-connected injury or disability of the opportunity to receive such treatment or study protocol. 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. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-25		Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2010-02-05		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2010-02-02		Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2010-02-02		Referred to House Armed Services
2010-02-02		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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4568/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4568/BILLS-111hr4568ih.pdf