H.R. 2992 — what changed
Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act
From Reported in House to Engrossed in House. 1 section amended between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.
Sec. 4 Study on first responders with tbi
changed
Section 393C Not later than 24 months after the date of the Public enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1d) and Human Services, 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 conduct a study and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a report on the prevalence and incidence of concussion among first responders (as such term is amended by adding at defined in section 3025 of the end Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10705)). The report shall include data on the following:incidence of concussion among first responders and recommendations for resources for first responders who have experienced traumatic brain injury.
removed
“(d) Law enforcement and first responder surveillance
removed
“(1) In general—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall implement concussion data collection and analysis to determine the prevalence and incidence of concussion among first responders (as such term is defined in section 3025 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10705)).
removed
“(2) Report—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 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 contains the findings of the surveillance conducted under paragraph (1). The report shall include surveillance data and recommendations for resources for first responders who have experienced traumatic brain injury.”