5127-S AMS CARL S2788.3
SSB 5127 - S AMD 223
By Senator Carlyle
ADOPTED 03/07/2019
Beginning on page 5, line 18, strike all of subsection (2) and insert the following:
"(2) The fee increase from two dollars to five dollars under RCW 46.63.110(7)(c) shall be used and provided for purposes in addition to public awareness and services noted in RCW 46.63.110, related to traumatic brain injury including:
(a) Funding for innovative and novel research with the potential to create leaps in knowledge to further effective evaluation and treatment protocols for those with traumatic brain injury given the long-term cognitive, behavioral, and physical consequences and impairments that may result from the underlying brain injury;
(b) Improving concussion prevention, recognition, evaluation, and treatment protocols for veterans, athletes, individuals impacted by domestic violence, and other vulnerable populations;
(c) Developing and maintaining a repository of information at the University of Washington, made available to the public with use of available and affordable technology, on concussion prevention, recognition, evaluation, and treatment protocols;
(d) Increasing the number of active case managers at the brain injury alliance of Washington to cover all areas of the state of Washington to provide support for brain injury survivors and their family members recovering from brain injury;
(e) Increasing the number of brain health and wellness classes, courses, and programs in all areas of the state of Washington that provide nonmedical classes, courses, and programs for brain injury survivors and their family members recovering from brain injury that has been established and modeled by the brain injury alliance of Washington;
(f) Funding to establish a statewide system of brain injury patient referrals for those discharged from any hospital with a diagnosis of brain injury in order to receive information and service available; and
(g) Funding to provide a statewide awareness campaign and training in support of return to work for individuals who have suffered a brain injury."
EFFECT: Removes the appropriation of $100,000 and the details connected to the appropriation. Specifies the incremental revenue, as a result of this bill, shall be used for:
(1) Innovative research to further evaluation and treatment protocols for individuals with a traumatic brain injury;
(2) Improving concussion prevention and treatment protocols for veterans, athletes, individuals impacted by domestic violence, and other vulnerable populations;
(3) Developing a repository at the University of Washington for public access to information regarding concussion prevention, recognition, evaluation, and treatment;
(4) Increasing the number of case managers at the Brain Injury Alliance of Washington to cover all areas of the state;
(5) Increasing the number of brain health & wellness classes for brain injury survivors and their family members;
(6) Establishing a statewide system of brain injury patient referrals for those discharged from any hospital with a diagnosis of brain injury; and
(7) Providing a statewide awareness campaign and training in support of return to work for individuals who have suffered a brain injury.
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