Personal Injury Law

Urge Congress to Increase Funding for TBI Programs

By Bruce Stern

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education began consideration of the FY10 funding bill last week. Over the next few days, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education will be considering a bill which will provide the funding allocation for programs authorized through the TBI Act and for NIDRR's TBI-related research programs, including TBI Model Systems of Care.

Federal funding for these important TBI programs has remained stagnant over the last several years, as Congress has not provided increases sufficient to keep up with the increasing cost of doing business. The urgent need for increased federal support for a national TBI public health infrastructure and TBI research is further heightened by the recognition of TBI as the signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Full post as published by Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog on August 04, 2009 (boomark / email).