HR 1347 · 111th Congress · Health

ConTACT Act of 2010

Introduced 2009-03-05· Sponsored by Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2010-11-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2009 or the ConTACT Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish concussion management guidelines that address the prevention, identification, treatment, and management of concussions in school-aged children, including standards for student athletes to return to play after a concussion; and (2) convene a conference of medical, athletic, and educational stakeholders to establish such guidelines. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states for: (1) adopting, disseminating, and ensuring the implementation by schools of the guidelines; and (2) funding implementation by schools of computerized preseason baseline and post-injury neuropsychological testing for student athletes. Directs the Secretary to require states to utilize, to the extent practicable, applicable expertise and services offered by local chapters of national brain injury organizations.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1347, Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2010

Sep 24, 2010

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 23, 2010</p>

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H.R. 1347, Concussion Treatment and Care Tools Act of 2010

Sep 24, 2010

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 23, 2010

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

18 Democrats2 Republicans