,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cadd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bf1  
#bjbc,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 #bjbc4  #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 or sexual       

violence in order to assist the         
,department in understanding1           
addressing1 and allocating resources to 
prevent1 reduce1 and treat such         
injuries1 the impacts of such injuries1 
and the causes of such injuries4  7#b7  
,collection ,in carrying out paragraph  
7#a71 the ,secretary1 acting through the
 ,director of the ,centers for ,disease 
,control and ,prevention1 shall1 through
 existing surveys on domestic or sexual 
violence1 collect data on the prevalence
 and circumstances surrounding brain    
injuries due to domestic or 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 ,funding ,there is       
authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this   
section4  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