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HR 4048 111th Congress House

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.

Introduced: November 6, 2009 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Emergency medical services and trauma careHealth care coverage and accessNeurological disordersRural conditions and developmentVeterans' medical care
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 6, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 13, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a five-year pilot program, in five rural states, under which the Secretary trains and then assigns a specific Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) case manager to each veteran diagnosed with traumatic brain injury who is receiving care in a VA facility in that state.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Massa, Eric
· Nov 6, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 6, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Nov 6, 2009
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 6, 2009
THORNBERRY, WILLIAM
· Nov 6, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4048: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4048/
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"H.R. 4048: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4048/.
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H.R. 4048, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4048/.
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[H.R. 4048: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4048/)
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