42 U.S.C. § 280b–1c — Prevention of traumatic brain injury
submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 104-166 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 335 words · no verdicts yet
The CDC may run or fund projects to prevent traumatic brain injury. These include research, public education, and a national awareness campaign. The law also defines "traumatic brain injury" and lets the Secretary update that definition.
(a) The Secretary*, acting through the CDC Director*, may run projects to lower how often traumatic brain injury happens. The Secretary can run these directly or fund public or nonprofit groups through grants or contracts. The Secretary may also give technical help, directly or through those awards, with planning, building, and running the projects.
(b) These projects may include:
(1) Research into strategies that work to prevent traumatic brain injury.
(2) Public information and education programs about prevention, and about the injury's public health effects.
(3) A national education and awareness campaign about traumatic brain injury, tied to the government's Healthy People 2020 health goals. This campaign includes:
(A) Spreading information nationwide about (i) how often the injury happens, and (ii) the injury and the later problems it can cause after a patient leaves the hospital or emergency room.
(B) Giving information in primary care settings, including emergency rooms and trauma centers, about what state*-level services and resources are available.
(c) The Secretary must make sure these activities are coordinated with other Public Health Service* agencies that also work on traumatic brain injury.
(d) In this section, "traumatic brain injury" means a brain injury a person acquires, not one they were born with. It does not include brain problems caused by conditions present at birth or by diseases that get worse over time, and it does not include birth trauma. But it can include brain injury caused by a lack of oxygen (anoxia) from a traumatic event. The Secretary may change this definition when needed, after talking with states and other public or nonprofit groups.
The Secretary*, acting through the Director* of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may carry out projects to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury. Such projects may be carried out by the Secretary directly or through awards of grants or contracts to public or nonprofit private entities. The Secretary may directly or through such awards provide technical assistance with respect to the planning, development, and operation of such projects.
Activities under subsection (a) may include—
the conduct of research into identifying effective strategies for the prevention of traumatic brain injury;
the implementation of public information and education programs for the prevention of such injury and for broadening the awareness of the public concerning the public health consequences of such injury; and
the implementation of a national education and awareness campaign regarding such injury (in conjunction with the program of the Secretary regarding health-status goals for 2020, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2020), including—
the national dissemination of information on—
incidence and prevalence; and
information relating to traumatic brain injury and the sequelae of secondary conditions arising from traumatic brain injury upon discharge from hospitals and emergency departments; and
the provision of information in primary care settings, including emergency rooms and trauma centers, concerning the availability of State* level services and resources.
The Secretary shall ensure that activities under this section are coordinated as appropriate with other agencies of the Public Health Service* that carry out activities regarding traumatic brain injury.
For purposes of this section, the term “traumatic brain injury” means an acquired injury to the brain. Such term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or degenerative disorders, nor birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by anoxia due to trauma. The Secretary may revise the definition of such term as the Secretary determines necessary, after consultation with States and other appropriate public or nonprofit private entities.
Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 393B, formerly § 393A, as added Pub. L. 104–166, § 1, July 29, 1996, 110 Stat. 1445; amended Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XIII, § 1301(a), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1137; renumbered § 393B and amended Pub. L. 110–206, §§ 2(2), 3(a), Apr. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 113–196, § 2(a), Nov. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 2052.)
- 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 104-166 · 110 Stat. 1445
- 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-310 · 114 Stat. 1137
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-206 · 122 Stat. 714
- 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-196 · 128 Stat. 2052
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-166 on 1944-07-01.
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