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RCPA received notification today from the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) that the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act was included in Congress’s proposed year-end package. Key provisions included in this bill include:

Administration for Community Living (ACL)

  • Reauthorizes the State Partnership Program and Protection & Advocacy Program.
  • Allows grants to be used to support systems of care for people of any type of acquired brain injury.
  • Allows a state to request a waiver of the match requirement if they cannot meet the match to carry out the grant purposes. The match decrease can only be for that fiscal year, and states must maintain at least the match that they have had during the previous fiscal year.
  • Requires ACL in awarding State Partnership Program grants to take into consideration populations that may be at higher risk for brain injury.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Reauthorizes the CDC’s TBI Programs, including the National Concussion Surveillance System.
  • Renames the TBI Program to honor Congressman Bill Pascrell.
  • Requires an examination of brain injury as a chronic condition that may impact someone across the lifespan. CDC plans to accomplish this through work with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
  • Requires CDC to review those who may have higher impact of brain injury, including due to their occupation and from interpersonal violence.

RCPA encourages providers, staff, and families to reach out to their members of Congress through email or phone call by COB Thursday, December 19, 2024. The message can be simple. For example:

As a constituent, I encourage you to support the year-end continuing resolution, which includes the TBI Act. The TBI Act is pivotal to create systems of care for people of brain injury. [Feel free to share any personal impact] Thank you for your support of this important bill.

In Pennsylvania, our current state Senators are:
Casey, Robert P., Jr. and
Fetterman, John

Additional information for contacting your Senators can be found here.

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On October 28, 2019, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) announced the launch of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Technical Assistance and Resource Center. The goal of this center is to help states promote access to integrated, coordinated services and supports for individuals who have sustained a TBI, their families, and caregivers. This center will provide program support to ACL and technical assistance to ACL’s TBI State Partnership program grantees, and will develop and compile resources that will be available to the public. This effort reflects ACL’s commitment to independent living and person-centered planning.

The new center will be administered by the Human Services Research Institute and the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA), as well as subject matter experts that include individuals who have experienced a TBI.

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