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HR 1944 110th Congress House

Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act of 2007

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 14, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 19, 2007
Introduced in House
Apr 19, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 Latest action April 23, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a program to screen veterans eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital, medical, and nursing home care for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI); (2) develop and carry out a program of long-term care for post-acute TBI rehabilitation; (3) establish a TBI transition office at each VA polytrauma network site to coordinate the provision of health care and services to veterans who suffer from moderate to severe TBI and are in need of health care and services not immediately offered by the VA; and (4) establish and maintain the Traumatic Brain Injury Veterans' Health Registry.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 11 Republican 2
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 29, 2008
Mitchell, Harry
· May 24, 2007
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · May 14, 2007
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 14, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 14, 2007
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · May 14, 2007
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · May 1, 2007
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 1, 2007
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 1, 2007
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Apr 19, 2007
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Apr 19, 2007
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Apr 19, 2007
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 19, 2007
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 19, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1944: Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1944/
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"H.R. 1944: Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1944/.
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H.R. 1944, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1944/.
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