,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cifc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #cj1    
#bjbb,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself   
and ,ms4 ,ernst7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to protect survivors from brain
 injury by authorizing the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services to collect
 data on the prevalence of brain        
injuries resulting from domestic and    
sexual violence4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,protecting   
,survivors from ,traumatic ,brain       
,injury ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,data       
collection  7a7 ,collection of data on  
brain injuries related to domestic and  
sexual violence  7#a7 ,in general ,the  
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services 7referred to in this section  
as the ,secretary7 shall collect data on
 the prevalence of brain injuries       
resulting from domestic and sexual      

violence in order to assist the         
,department in understanding1           
addressing1 and allocating resources to 
reduce and treat such injuries and the  
cause of such injuries4  7#b7           
,collection ,in carrying out paragraph  
7#a71 the ,secretary shall distribute a 
survey that follows up on1 and operates 
under the ,national ,intimate ,partner  
and ,sexual ,violence ,survey 7,,nisvs7 
that will ask questions about the       
prevalence and circumstances surrounding
 brain injuries due to domestic and     
sexual violence4 ,the ,secretary shall  
allow for data collection for not fewer 
than #b years4  7#c7 ,privacy ,data     
shall be collected1 stored1 and analyzed
 under this section in a manner that    
protects individual privacy and         
confidentiality4  7b7 ,report ,not later
 than #c years after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to relevant congressional  
committees1 and post on the website of  
the ,department of ,health and ,human   

,services1 a report that shall contain--
 7#a7 an analysis of the data collected 
under subsection 7a7 relating to the    
connection between domestic and sexual  
violence and brain injuries2 and  7#b7 a
 description of the steps that the      
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services is taking to increase         
awareness1 increase services1 decrease  
prevalence1 and otherwise respond to the
 public health issue of brain injury    
that results from domestic and sexual   
violence4  7c7 ,authorization of        
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated such sums as may be     
necessary to carry out this section4    
,amounts appropriated under this        
subsection shall remain available for a 
#c-year period4  7d7 ,definition ,in    
this section1 the term brain injury     
means an injury that impacts the        
function of the brain as a result of    
trauma1 choking1 or strangulation due to
 domestic or sexual violence4