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About The Pennsylvania Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Advisory Board, within the Department of Health, within Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, was established August 2001 by the Secretary of Health as requirement of the Health Resources and Services Administration Federal TBI Planning Grant and Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C.A. 300d – 52 et seq.)
The Board consists of twenty-six members. Chairperson of the Board is TBI family member. Board includes family members of TBI survivors; individuals surviving a TBI; representatives of the Departments of Aging, Public Welfare, Labor and Industry, Insurance, Health, Corrections, Department of Education, Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy, Inc., Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (PARF), Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania, public and non-profit private health related organizations and organizations representing individuals with TBI. An appointed member serves for up to three years, and is then asked if they would like to serve for another 3-year term or end their membership.
Duties include: Involved in all aspects of Pennsylvania’s Federal TBI Implementation Grant and plays an integral role in making recommendations on future activities to be placed in the TBI State Action Plan and to improve access to TBI services in Pennsylvania through information and education.
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