Personal Injury Law

House Subcommittee Approves Representative Pascrell's ConTACT Act

By Bruce Stern

As discussed in a previous post, U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell (NJ-8) proposed legislation that would better protect student athletes from the dangers of sports-related concussions. On September 16, 2010, the Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act was approved by Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The subcommittee's vote followed a September 8, 2010 hearing on the legislation at the Prudential Center in Newark held by Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ-6).

'More and more of my colleagues in Congress are realizing what so many families across the country have realized. A concussion is brain damage, pure and simple, and we need to be prepared with the right protocols and guidelines to help our children when they sustained a concussion as they participate in sports,' said Pascrell, the co-founder and co-chairman of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force who originally introduced the ConTACT Act in November 2008."

Full post as published by Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog on September 22, 2010 (boomark / email).