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TBI Treatment Act

Introduced: June 12, 2013 Introduced by: Sessions, Pete Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Aug 29, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jun 17, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E894-895)
Jun 12, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 12, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

TBI Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to carry out a five-year pilot program to establish a process for providing payments to health care facilities for investigational treatments of traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder received by members of the Armed Forces in facilities other than military treatment facilities. Subjects such payments to specified conditions, including approval of the treatment by the Secretary and demonstrated improvement by the patient.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and maintain a database containing data from each patient case involving the use of such treatments, (2) establish a process to notify members of the Armed Forces of the opportunity to receive such treatments, and (3) report annually to Congress on the implementation of this Act and any available results of investigational treatment studies.

What's happening now August 29, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1960 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Coffman, Mike
· Feb 28, 2014
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jun 12, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2344: TBI Treatment Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2344/
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"H.R. 2344: TBI Treatment Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2344/.
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H.R. 2344, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2344/.
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