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Brain Injury Legislative Update

By Michael Kaplen

The following brain injury legislative update has been prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America:

FY10 National Defense Authorization Act

On Wednesday, October 7, 2009, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced that they had reached an agreement on a conference report to H.R. 2647, the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act.

In a major victory for the brain injury community, the report included an amendment that authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program for providing cognitive rehabilitation therapy services under TRICARE.  BIAA worked with the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force to preserve its status as part of the final conference report.  We are thrilled to have contributed to this important step towards providing better access to care for returning service members.

A link to the full text of the amendment can be found here .

Full post as published by Brain Injury News and Information on October 10, 2009 (boomark / email).