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Requires the CDC to collect and publish information about concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) experienced by public safety officers. The Secretary must post the information on the CDC website, share it with medical professionals, employers, mental‑health providers, patients, and researchers, consult those groups when developing the site, and may fund and support creation of clinical guidelines and best practices.
Insert a new section 393E into Part J of title III of the Public Health Service Act to address concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers.
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, must collect and make publicly available information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers. This includes research on evidence-based practices and personal protective equipment recommendations, medical information on diagnosis, protocols for identifying and treating TBI, and measures to reduce TBI incidence among public safety officers.
The Secretary must update the CDC website with respect to traumatic brain injury to make the collected information available.
The Secretary must develop other means to disseminate the information to medical professionals and public health professionals to improve care and treatment for public safety officers with concussion or TBI.
The Secretary must develop other means to disseminate the information to public safety employers and employee representatives to improve strategies and practices that reduce concussion and TBI from firefighting, fire protection, law enforcement, and other public safety activities.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Primary affected groups are public safety officers (police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and similar roles): they may benefit from better tracking of concussions/TBI, improved clinical guidance, and broader awareness among employers and providers. Health agencies (CDC and HHS) will take on new data‑collection, publishing, and stakeholder‑engagement tasks; those activities will require staff time and possibly new funding. Medical and mental‑health providers and researchers gain access to centralized information and may use findings to inform care, return-to-duty protocols, and studies. Employers and agency administrators will have resources to inform workplace policies, training, and accommodations. Patients and families gain improved public information about risks, diagnosis, and recovery.
Potential downsides or considerations: CDC must design data collection and publication to protect privacy and ensure data quality; the law authorizes funding/support but does not appropriate money, so meaningful implementation depends on future appropriations and CDC capacity. The statute does not specify reporting frequency, data elements, or enforcement mechanisms, leaving operational details to implementing guidance and stakeholder consultation.
Introduced April 10, 2025 by John Cornyn · Last progress April 10, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate