US Congress House Bill 159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs 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. Pete Sessions [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2011-02-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2011-01-05	House	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/112th-congress/house-bill/159/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr159/BILLS-112hr159ih.pdf