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PUBLIC LAW 106-310—OCT. 17, 2000 114 STAT. 1137 "(e) FUNDING.— For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.". TITLE XIII—TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SEC. 1301. PROGRAMS OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 393A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-lb) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking "and" at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and (C) by adding at the end the following: "(3) the implementation of a national education and awareness campaign regarding such injury (in conjunction with the program of the Secretary regarding health-status goals for 2010, commonly referred to as Healthy People 2010), including— "(A) the national dissemination of information on— "(i) incidence and prevalence; and "(ii) information relating to traumatic brain injury and the sequelae of secondary conditions arising from traumatic brain injury upon discharge from hospitals and trauma centers; and "(B) the provision of information in primary care settings, including emergency rooms and trauma centers, concerning the availability of State level services and resources."; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in the second sentence, by striking "anoxia due to near drowning." and inserting "anoxia due to trauma."; and (B) in the third sentence, by inserting before the period the following: ", after consultation with States and other appropriate public or nonprofit private entities". (b) NATIONAL REGISTRY.— Part J of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 393A the following section: " NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY REGISTRIES "SEC 393B. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary, acting through 42 USC 280t^ic. the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States or their designees to operate the State's traumatic brain injury registry, and to academic institutions to conduct applied research that will support the development of such registries, to collect data concerning— "(1) demographic information about each traumatic brain injury; "(2) information about the circumstances surrounding the injury event associated with each traumatic brain injury; "(3) administrative information about the source of the collected information, dates of hospitalization and treatment, and the date of injury; and "(4) information characterizing the clinical aspects of the traumatic brain injury, including the severity of the injury,