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Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Continue to work with Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 was introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with Senator Casey staff, Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Minority and Majority staff ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817, Sens. Capito, McCaskill S. 808 Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act letter of support to House Leadership Attended meetings to meet the new Commissioner on Disability, Julie Hocker at the Administration for Community Living Attended NIDILRR 40th anniversary event at HHS
Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm:
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Advocated for increased funding for the TBI Programs at CDC, ACL and the TBI Model Systems. Advocated for increased funding for the TBI State Grant Program. Advocated for new funding for the National Concussion Surveillance System. Advocated for Injury Violence and Prevention Programs at CDC. Advocated for new legislation to improve the 3 hour rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities which would directly impact individuals with brain injury. Advocated for an increase of funding for the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Advocated for new legislation which would train first responders on traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, and PTSD. Advocated to the House of Representatives for the refunding of the Assisted Living TBI Pilot Program at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Advocated for the amendment in the Older American's Act to include a definition of TBI. Advocated for planning of Congressional Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill.
Source: Senate LDA
Support of S. 3657 Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2018 introduced by Sens. Hatch and Casey. Support H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with House Energy and Commerce Committee staff and attended HELP markup in support of the TBI Act reauthorization of 2018. The House and Senate passed the TBI Act and it was signed into law. ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817 Met with Senator Cortez Masto regarding TBI funding provision in the Labor HHS appropriations bill
Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Support of S. 3657 Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2018 introduced by Sens. Hatch and Casey. Support H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with House Energy and Commerce Committee staff and attended HELP markup in support of the TBI Act reauthorization of 2018. The House and Senate passed the TBI Act and it was signed into law. ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817 Met with Senator Cortez Masto regarding TBI funding provision in the Labor HHS appropriations bill
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Continue to work with Reps. Pascrell and Rooney and Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. Submitted appropriations testimony to both the House and Senate Appropriation Committees in support of the TBI state grant program, the TBI Model Systems, and the CDC TBI programs. ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817, Senator Thune S. 808 Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act letter of support to Senate Leadership
Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Continue to work with Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 was introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with Senator Casey staff, Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Minority and Majority staff ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817, Sens. Capito, McCaskill S. 808 Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act letter of support to House Leadership Attended meetings to meet the new Commissioner on Disability, Julie Hocker at the Administration for Community Living Attended NIDILRR 40th anniversary event at HHS
ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Continue to work with Reps. Pascrell and Rooney and Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. Submitted appropriations testimony to both the House and Senate Appropriation Committees in support of the TBI state grant program, the TBI Model Systems, and the CDC TBI programs. ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817, Senator Thune S. 808 Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act letter of support to Senate Leadership
ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Support of S. 3657 Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2018 introduced by Sens. Hatch and Casey. Support H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with House Energy and Commerce Committee staff and attended HELP markup in support of the TBI Act reauthorization of 2018. The House and Senate passed the TBI Act and it was signed into law. ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817 Met with Senator Cortez Masto regarding TBI funding provision in the Labor HHS appropriations bill
ABLE Age Adjustment Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Continue to work with Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 was introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with Senator Casey staff, Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Minority and Majority staff ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817, Sens. Capito, McCaskill S. 808 Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act letter of support to House Leadership Attended meetings to meet the new Commissioner on Disability, Julie Hocker at the Administration for Community Living Attended NIDILRR 40th anniversary event at HHS
American Health Care Act of 2017
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1628 Sen. Cassidy Sen. Donnelly Sen. Ernst Sen. Cornyn Sen. Collins Sen. Murkowski Sen. Kaine Sen. Casey Sen. Peters Sen. Stabenow Sen. Paul Sen. McConnell Rep. Barr Rep. Yarmouth Sen. Rubio TBI State Grant Program
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs and accessories.
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
H.R. 3730, bipartisan legislation from Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and John Larson (D-CT) to permanently exempt manual Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) wheelchair accessories and components for people with disabilities and chronic conditions from Medicares Competitive Bid Program (CBP). This important legislation will protect Medicare beneficiary access to manual complex rehab technology, as well as essential components known as wheelchair accessories. Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017, S. 253, HR 807 Repeal therapy caps
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
H.R. 3730, bipartisan legislation from Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and John Larson (D-CT) to permanently exempt manual Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) wheelchair accessories and components for people with disabilities and chronic conditions from Medicares Competitive Bid Program (CBP). This important legislation will protect Medicare beneficiary access to manual complex rehab technology, as well as essential components known as wheelchair accessories. Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017, S. 253, HR 807 Repeal therapy caps
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
H.R. 3730, bipartisan legislation from Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and John Larson (D-CT) to permanently exempt manual Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) wheelchair accessories and components for people with disabilities and chronic conditions from Medicares Competitive Bid Program (CBP). This important legislation will protect Medicare beneficiary access to manual complex rehab technology, as well as essential components known as wheelchair accessories. Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017, S. 253, HR 807 Repeal therapy caps
Youth Sports Concussion Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture. Youth Sports Concussion Act, HR 4460, sponsored by Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Thomas J. Rooney (R-Fla.), co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has introduced companion legislation in the United States Senate, S. 2508. The Youth Sports Concussion Act is an important piece of legislation because it will protect our nations youth who participate in sports related activities from concussions and other injuries by discouraging false advertising claims regarding protective equipment used in competitive sports.
Youth Sports Concussion Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture. Youth Sports Concussion Act, HR 4460, sponsored by Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Thomas J. Rooney (R-Fla.), co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has introduced companion legislation in the United States Senate, S. 2508. The Youth Sports Concussion Act is an important piece of legislation because it will protect our nations youth who participate in sports related activities from concussions and other injuries by discouraging false advertising claims regarding protective equipment used in competitive sports.
Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture.
Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture. Youth Sports Concussion Act, HR 4460, sponsored by Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Thomas J. Rooney (R-Fla.), co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has introduced companion legislation in the United States Senate, S. 2508. The Youth Sports Concussion Act is an important piece of legislation because it will protect our nations youth who participate in sports related activities from concussions and other injuries by discouraging false advertising claims regarding protective equipment used in competitive sports.
Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture.
Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture. Youth Sports Concussion Act, HR 4460, sponsored by Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Thomas J. Rooney (R-Fla.), co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has introduced companion legislation in the United States Senate, S. 2508. The Youth Sports Concussion Act is an important piece of legislation because it will protect our nations youth who participate in sports related activities from concussions and other injuries by discouraging false advertising claims regarding protective equipment used in competitive sports.
Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at the NIH Act
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures.
Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures.
Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2016
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
BIAA met with the Administration for Community Living after the Federal TBI State Grant Program was transferred from HRSA to ACL. BIAA met with Senator Hatch's office to discuss S. 849, Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act. BIAA advocated to Sen. Hatch's office for inclusion of S. 849 in the HELP committee's Innovation Act. BIAA met with Congressman Pascrell's office to discuss a congressional briefing on Preventing Older Adult Falls and TBI related Issues BIAA met with CCIIO to discuss caps on therapy for special conditions such as brain injury in the essential health benefits BIAA met with ACL and CDC to discuss collaborations for TBI issues
Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2014
Client: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION) · Firm: BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (FKA BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION)
TBI Act Reauthorization of 2014, S. 2539. Worked with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee staff to pass the TBI Act by the full Senate.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Advocated for increased funding for the TBI Programs at CDC, ACL and the TBI Model Systems. Advocated for increased funding for the TBI State Grant Program. Advocated for new funding for the National Concussion Surveillance System. Advocated for Injury Violence and Prevention Programs at CDC. Advocated for new legislation to improve the 3 hour rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities which would directly impact individuals with brain injury. Advocated for an increase of funding for the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Advocated for new legislation which would train first responders on traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, and PTSD. Advocated to the House of Representatives for the refunding of the Assisted Living TBI Pilot Program at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Advocated for the amendment in the Older American's Act to include a definition of TBI. Advocated for planning of Congressional Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Advocated for increased funding for the TBI Programs at CDC, ACL and the TBI Model Systems. Advocated for increased funding for the TBI State Grant Program. Advocated for new funding for the National Concussion Surveillance System. Advocated for Injury Violence and Prevention Programs at CDC. Advocated for the National Concussion Awareness Day Resolution in the House and Senate. Advocated for new legislation to improve the 3 hour rule for inpatient rehabilitation facilities which would directly impact individuals with brain injury. Advocated for an increase of funding for the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Advocated for new legislation which would train first responders on traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, and PTSD. Advocated to the House of Representatives for the refunding of the Assisted Living TBI Pilot Program at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Advocated for the amendment in the Older American's Act to include a definition of TBI.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Advocated for increased funding for the TBI Programs at CDC, ACL and the TBI Model Systems. Advocated for increased funding for the TBI State Grant Program. Advocated for new funding for the National Concussion Surveillance System. Advocated for Injury Violence and Prevention Programs at CDC. Educated congressional staff on acquired brain injury during a congressional briefing.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Advocated for increased funding for the TBI Programs at CDC, ACL and the TBI Model Systems. Advocated for increased funding for the TBI State Grant Program. Advocated for new funding for the National Concussion Surveillance System. Advocated for Injury Violence and Prevention Programs at CDC.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Support of S. 3657 Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2018 introduced by Sens. Hatch and Casey. Support H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with House Energy and Commerce Committee staff and attended HELP markup in support of the TBI Act reauthorization of 2018. The House and Senate passed the TBI Act and it was signed into law. ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817 Met with Senator Cortez Masto regarding TBI funding provision in the Labor HHS appropriations bill
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Continue to work with Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. H.R. 6615 Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 was introduced in the House by Reps. Pascrell and Rooney. Met with Senator Casey staff, Senate Health Education Labor and Pension Minority and Majority staff ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817, Sens. Capito, McCaskill S. 808 Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act letter of support to House Leadership Attended meetings to meet the new Commissioner on Disability, Julie Hocker at the Administration for Community Living Attended NIDILRR 40th anniversary event at HHS
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Continue to work with Reps. Pascrell and Rooney and Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. Submitted appropriations testimony to both the House and Senate Appropriation Committees in support of the TBI state grant program, the TBI Model Systems, and the CDC TBI programs. ABLE Age Adjustment Act S. 817, Senator Thune S. 808 Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act letter of support to Senate Leadership
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Continue to work with Reps. Pascrell and Rooney and Sens. Hatch and Casey to introduce the TBI Act to reauthorize the bill. Participated in FY2019 budget meeting held at the Administration for Community Living in HHS.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
H.R. 3730, bipartisan legislation from Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and John Larson (D-CT) to permanently exempt manual Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) wheelchair accessories and components for people with disabilities and chronic conditions from Medicares Competitive Bid Program (CBP). This important legislation will protect Medicare beneficiary access to manual complex rehab technology, as well as essential components known as wheelchair accessories. Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017, S. 253, HR 807 Repeal therapy caps
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Met with Department of Veterans Affairs to communicate the importance of keeping the Assisted Living TBI Pilot Program to serve veterans with TBI.
Met with Senate staff to express BIAA's opposition to the Graham Cassidy bill which included submitting testimony to the Senate Finance Committee.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Continuation of the Assisted Living TBI Pilot Program to continue care for service members that sustained a TBI during or after service.
Brain Injury Awareness day on Capitol Hill focusing on appropriations funding for the CDC TBI program, the TBI State grant program at ACL and the TBI Model Systems
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1628 Sen. Cassidy Sen. Donnelly Sen. Ernst Sen. Cornyn Sen. Collins Sen. Murkowski Sen. Kaine Sen. Casey Sen. Peters Sen. Stabenow Sen. Paul Sen. McConnell Rep. Barr Rep. Yarmouth Sen. Rubio TBI State Grant Program
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Attended congressional briefing on stroke guidelines for the United States Senate. Meeting with Congressman Pascrell's staff to discuss brain injury awareness day on Capitol hill which is an annual event hosted by the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force which Congressman Pascrell co-chairs. Meeting with Congressman Rooney's staff to discuss brain injury awareness day on Capitol Hill which is an annual event hosted by the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force which Congressman Rooney is a co-chair. Funding for the TBI State Grant Program and funding for the CDC for $ 5 million for a TBI survey was also discussed since Congressman Rooney serves on the Appropriations Committee. Meeting with OMB staff to discuss an increase of funding for the TBI State Grant Program. An overview of Brain Injury was also discussed during the meeting to educate staff. Meeting with staff at the Administration for Community Living to discuss a theme and planning for Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill. Attend and promoted to the House of Representatives a congressional briefing on rehabilitation research and funding for NIH. An individual with brain injury presented at the briefing.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture. Youth Sports Concussion Act, HR 4460, sponsored by Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Thomas J. Rooney (R-Fla.), co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has introduced companion legislation in the United States Senate, S. 2508. The Youth Sports Concussion Act is an important piece of legislation because it will protect our nations youth who participate in sports related activities from concussions and other injuries by discouraging false advertising claims regarding protective equipment used in competitive sports.
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures. Concussion Surveillance: +$5 million increase - to establish and oversee a national surveillance system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth ages 5-21, making CDC fully responsive to the recommendations issued in a 2013 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), now National Academy of Sciences, entitled Sports Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science Changing the Culture.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Sens. Kirk (R-Ill.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Hatch (R-Utah), Murkowski (R-Alaska), Isakson (R-Ga.), and Collins (R-Maine) - The Enhancing the Stature and Visibility of Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH Act (S. 800): Legislation to update rehabilitation research for the first time in more than 20 years and require the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) to develop and periodically update a comprehensive research plan for rehabilitation research and report to Congress on an annual basis regarding benchmarks in that plan. Sens. Isakson (R-Ga.) and Murphy (D-Conn.) - The Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 (S. 849): Legislation to help advance our understanding of neurological diseases and help researchers access data on these diseases in order to discover new therapies and cures.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
BIAA met with the Administration for Community Living after the Federal TBI State Grant Program was transferred from HRSA to ACL. BIAA met with Senator Hatch's office to discuss S. 849, Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act. BIAA advocated to Sen. Hatch's office for inclusion of S. 849 in the HELP committee's Innovation Act. BIAA met with Congressman Pascrell's office to discuss a congressional briefing on Preventing Older Adult Falls and TBI related Issues BIAA met with CCIIO to discuss caps on therapy for special conditions such as brain injury in the essential health benefits BIAA met with ACL and CDC to discuss collaborations for TBI issues
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
BIAA met with the leadership from HRSA and ACL to discuss moving the TBI State Grant Programs from HRSA to ACL. The meeting took place at HHS and was attending by TBI stakeholders along with staff from the Administration.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
Assisted Living TBI Pilot Program
TBI Act - appropriations TBI Model Systems - appropriations Medicare Therapy Caps NIH research Assisted living TBI pilot Program
Medicare Therapy Cap Sustainable Growth Rate Legislation
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
TBI Act Reauthorization of 2014, S. 2539. Worked with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee staff to pass the TBI Act by the full Senate.
Worked with House and Senate staff to extend the Assisted Living TBI Pilot Program which was included in the Veterans Health bill.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Traumatic Brain Injury Act, Health Care Reform, Military Brain Injury Research, Brain Injury Research
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
health care reform traumatic brain injury
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE