US Congress House Bill 3954 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-3)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish and oversee a national system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions, and (2) begin implementation of such system within one year of this Act's enactment. Requires the data collected to include: the incidence of sports related concussions in individuals 5 through 21 years of age; demographic information of the injured individuals; pre-existing conditions of the injured individuals; the concussion history of the injured individuals; the use of protective equipment and impact monitoring devices; the qualifications of personnel diagnosing the concussions; and the cause, nature, and extent of the concussive injury. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Secretary of Defense (DOD), acting in coordination, to conduct or support: (1) research designed to establish metrics and markers of concussion diagnosis, prognosis, and recovery in youth and to inform the creation of guidelines for the management of short- and long-term sequelae of concussion in youth; (2) studies to assess short- and long-term cognitive, emotional, behavioral, neurobiological, and neuropathological consequences of concussions and repetitive head impacts over a life span; and (3) research on age- and sex-related biomechanical determinants of injury risk for concussion in youth. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of techniques, rules, and playing, practice, and training standards in reducing concussions and sequelae for sports and physical training at military service academies and for military personnel. Calls for the National Collegiate Athletic Association to undertake a scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of age-appropriate techniques, rules, and playing and practice standards in reducing sports-related concussions and sequelae. Requires: (1) the Director of NIH to maintain a national brain tissue and biological sample repository to collect, archive, and distribute material for research on concussions; (2) such Director and the Secretary of Defense to develop standards, best practices, and guidelines for the rules of play and training, respectively, for sports, athletic, and military training and engagement that are designed to prevent or reduce the incidence of concussions and that include standards for effective protective equipment and recommendations on impact-monitoring systems; and (3) the Director of CDC to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding concussions. Establishes a Concussion Research Commission, which shall study the programs and activities conducted pursuant to this Act and formulate systemic recommendations to increase knowledge about, and change the culture surrounding, concussions.

Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2014

Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2014-06-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2014-06-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2014-02-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-01-28	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2014-01-28	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2014-01-28	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-01-28	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Education and the Workforce, 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/113th-congress/house-bill/3954/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3954/BILLS-113hr3954ih.pdf