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Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2015
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish and oversee a national system to accurately determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth, and (2) begin implementation of such system within one year of this Act's enactment.
Requires the data collected to include:
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the incidence of sports related concussions in individuals 5 through 21 years of age;
demographic information of the injured individuals;
pre-existing conditions of the injured individuals;
the concussion history of the injured individuals;
the use of protective equipment and impact monitoring devices;
the qualifications of personnel diagnosing the concussions; and
the cause, nature, and extent of the concussive injury.
Requires the National Institutes of Health to conduct or support:
research designed to inform the creation of guidelines for the management of short- and long-term sequelae of concussion in youth;
research on the effects of concussions and repetitive head impacts on quality of life and the activities of daily living;
research to identify predictors, and modifiers of outcomes, of concussions in youth; and
research on age- and sex-related biomechanical determinants of injury risk for concussion in youth.
Requires CDC to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding concussions.
Establishes a Concussion Research Commission, which shall study the programs and activities conducted pursuant to this Act and formulate systemic recommendations to increase knowledge about, and change the culture surrounding, concussions.
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Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] · D–OH
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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