Sec. 393C.85. national program for traumatic brain injury surveillance and registries

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## Sec. 393C.85 national program for traumatic brain injury surveillance and registries **[**280b–1d**]** ###

(a)In General The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States or their designees to develop or operate the State's traumatic brain injury surveillance system or registry to determine the incidence and prevalence of traumatic brain injury and related disability, to ensure the uniformity of reporting under such system or registry, to link individuals with traumatic brain injury to services and supports, and to link such individuals with academic institutions to conduct applied research that will support the development of such surveillance systems and registries as may be necessary. A surveillance system or registry under this section shall provide for the collection of data concerning— 85The amendment by section 2(3) of Public Law 110–206 to redesignate section 393B (relating to traumatic brain injury registeries) as section 393C could not be executed because such section had already been redesignated as section 393C by section 2(1) of Public Law 110–202. ####

(1)demographic information about each traumatic brain injury; ####

(2)information about the circumstances surrounding the injury event associated with each traumatic brain injury; ####

(3)administrative information about the source of the collected information, dates of hospitalization and treatment, and the date of injury; and ####

(4)information characterizing the clinical aspects of the traumatic brain injury, including the severity of the injury, outcomes of the injury, the types of treatments received, and the types of services utilized. ###

(b)Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report that contains the findings derived from an evaluation concerning activities and procedures that can be implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve the collection and dissemination of compatible epidemiological studies on the incidence and prevalence of traumatic brain injury in individuals who were formerly in the military. The report shall include recommendations on the manner in which such agencies can further collaborate on the development and improvement of traumatic brain injury diagnostic tools and treatments. ###

(c)National Concussion Data Collection and Analysis The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may implement concussion data collection and analysis to determine the prevalence and incidence of concussion.

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Sec. 393C.85

national program for traumatic brain injury surveillance and registries

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