Pub. L. 115-377 - Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

115th Congress

Affects: 42 U.S.C. §§ 280b-1d, 280b-1e, 280b-3, 280b, 300d-52, 300d-53

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018”.

SEC. 2. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INJURIES.

Part J of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 393C (42 U.S.C. 280b–1d) by adding at the end the following:

(1)“(c) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may implement concussion data collection and analysis to determine the prevalence and incidence of concussion.”

(1) ;

(2) in section 394A(b)(42 U.S.C. 280b–3(b)), by striking “$6,564,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019” and inserting “$11,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024”; and

(3) by striking section 393C–1 (42 U.S.C. 280b–1e).

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—

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “, acting through the Administrator for the Administration for Community Living,” after “The Secretary”;

(2) by striking subsection (e);

(3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively; and

(4) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by striking “$5,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2019” and inserting “$7,321,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024”.

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—

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “, acting through the Administrator for the Administration for Community Living,” after “The Secretary”; and

(2) in subsection (l), by striking “$3,100,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2019” and inserting “$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024”.

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6615 (S. 3657):

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):

Dec. 11, considered and passed House.

Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Dec. 19, House concurred in Senate amendment.