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BIAA Endorses Bill To Create VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence
In addition this week, BIAA submitted an official letter of endorsement for H.R. 2818, The VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence Act of 2007, which would establish six VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (Epilepsy CoEs) across the country to lead the
House Energy and Commerce Committee passed H.R. 1418
Yesterday afternoon, the full House Energy and Commerce Committee passed H.R. 1418, legislation to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury Act. Earlier this week, the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health approved the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008 and
House Passes Mental Health Parity Bill Endorsed by BIAA
Also this week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1424, mental health parity legislation sponsored by Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) which would require health insurers to offer mental health benefits equal in cost and scope to medical and surgical benefits.
Brain Injury Awareness Month Fair On Capitol Hill
The Congressional Brain Injury Task Force is hosting a “2008 Brain Injury Awareness Day,” on Capitol Hill, March 12, 2008. To celebrate March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force is hosting a “2008 Brain Injury
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BIAA Submits Questions and Comments to Congressional Committees
Also this week, both chambers of Congress held important hearings on efforts to improve health care for returning service members, as well as to improve the veterans’ disability benefits system. BIAA submitted questions and comments in relation to several of
BIAA Signs on To Budget and Appropriations Letters
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS-Ed) held a hearing on Thursday on this year’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, featuring HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt as a witness. At
BIAA Condemns President’s Fiscal 2009 Budget
The President released his Fiscal 2009 Budget on Monday, February 4, and once again, this year’s Budget proposes to eliminate funding for the TBI Act HRSA state grant program. BIAA issued a press release condemning the President’s Budget on Monday
President Signs Defense Authorization Bill, With TBI Provisions, Into Law
President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R. 4986), containing important wounded warrior provisions related to TBI care which BIAA actively lobbied for last year, into law on Monday. One of BIAA’s policy goals for
Finding Alzheimer’s Before a Mind Fails
For a perfectly healthy woman, Dianne Kerley has had quite a few medical tests in recent years: M.R.I. and PET scans of her brain, two spinal taps and hours of memory and thinking tests. Ms. Kerley, 52, has spent much
