Sec. 1081. Roles and responsibilities for the mitigation, identification, and treatment of traumatic brain injury and the monitoring and documentation of blast overpressure exposure
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The Secretary of Defense shall establish the roles and responsibilities of components of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for the mitigation, identification, and treatment of traumatic brain injury and the monitoring and documentation of blast overpressure exposure, including blast overpressure exposure logs and traumatic brain injury logs, with respect to health care, readiness, acquisitions, and Inspector General oversight. Not later than June 1, 2025, and annually thereafter through June 1, 2028, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives briefings on the roles and responsibilities established under subsection
(a)and the plans, associated timelines, and activities conducted to implement such roles and responsibilities. Not later than June 1, 2025, and annually thereafter through June 1, 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, with a classified annex as necessary, concerning traumatic brain injuries among members of the Armed Forces caused during combat operations or training events. Not later than December 31, 2025, and annually thereafter through December 31, 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on medical providers within the Defense Health Agency who are trained in traumatic brain injury as a sub-specialty of neurology, including information on— the number of such providers, disaggregated by location; the billets of such providers; the number of medical personnel currently participating in training or a fellowship relating to traumatic brain injury; and the strategy of the Department of Defense to increase the number of medical providers trained in traumatic brain injury as a sub-specialty of neurology.