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HR 1420 114th Congress House

National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a surveillanc… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a surveillance system regarding traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 18, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 18, 2015
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 Latest action March 20, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015

Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) evaluate existing surveillance and data collection systems that track the incidence and circumstances of traumatic brain injury, including concussion; (2) establish a statistically sound, scientifically credible, and integrated National Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance System; and (3) ensure that the System is designed in a manner that facilitates further research on brain injury.

Requires the CDC to make information and analysis in the System available to the public and ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as those under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1420: National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1420/
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"H.R. 1420: National Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1420/.
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H.R. 1420, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1420/.
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