Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014”.
Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research.
Sec. 2 CDC programs for prevention and surveillance of traumatic brain injury
Prevention— Section 393B(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1c(b)(3)) is amended by striking “health-status goals for 2010, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2010” and inserting “health-status goals for 2020, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2020”.
Surveillance— Subsection (b) of section 393C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1d) is amended—
by striking “(b) Not later than” and inserting the following:
“(b) Reports
“(1) Initial report—Not later than”
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Subsequent report—Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report that—
“(A) identifies which recommendations in the report under paragraph (1) have been adopted and which recommendations in such report have not been adopted; and
“(B) includes a description of planned activities to address each recommendation in such report that has not been adopted.”
by striking “and” after “1994,”;
by striking the second period at the end; and
by adding at the end the following: “Of the amounts made available to carry out this part for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019, there is authorized to be appropriated $6,100,000 to carry out sections 393B and 393C.”.
Sec. 3 State grants for projects regarding traumatic brain injury
Section 1252 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–52) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration,”;
in paragraphs (1)(A)(i) and (3)(E) of subsection (f), by striking “brain injury” and inserting “traumatic brain injury”;
in subsection (h), by striking the comma after “under this section” and inserting a comma before “including”; and
by amending subsection (j) to read as follows:
“(j) Authorization of appropriations—For carrying out this section and section 1253, there is authorized to be appropriated $9,760,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.”
Sec. 4 State grants for protection and advocacy services
Section 1253 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–53) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking “, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (referred to in this section as the “Administrator”),”;
in subsections (c), (d)(1), (e)(1), (e)(4), (g), (h), and (j)(1), by striking “Administrator” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary”;
in subsection (h)—
by striking the subsection heading and inserting “Reporting”;
by striking “Each protection and advocacy system” and inserting the following:
“(1) Reports by systems—Each protection and advocacy system”
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Report by Secretary—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the services and activities carried out under this section during the period for which the report is being prepared.”
in subsection (i)—
by striking “Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration” and inserting “Secretary”; and
by striking “by the Administrator” and inserting “by the Secretary”;
in subsection (k), by striking “subtitle C” and inserting “subtitle C of title I”;
by striking subsection (l) (relating to authorization of appropriations); and
by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (l).