TBI Treatment Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2010 to Jun 22, 2010; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Feb 2, 2010 |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Original | Feb 2, 2010 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 4, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Eric J. J. Massa | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 26, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 19, 2010 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Apr 21, 2010 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Apr 22, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | May 6, 2010 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 25, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 26, 2010 | |
| D-NM | Harry Teague | Jun 10, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Jun 22, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2010 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Feb 25, 2010 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2010 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Feb 5, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 2, 2010Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2010Referred to House Armed Services
- Feb 2, 2010Referred 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretaries make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- TBI Treatment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2010Introduced in House
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