PRINTER'S NO. 2432
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1784
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARBIN, BARRAR, SAINATO, READSHAW, HENNESSEY,
BERNSTINE, MURT, SCHWEYER, MILLARD, SOLOMON, HILL-EVANS,
PASHINSKI, ROZZI, SCHLOSSBERG AND DRISCOLL,
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
AN ACT
Providing funding to the Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs for the purpose of providing current service members
and veterans with access to high-definition fiber tracking
brain scans and supporting ongoing clinical research in this
Commonwealth involving traumatic brain injuries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the High-
Definition Fiber Tracking (HDFT) for Veterans Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Brain scan equipment." Health care imaging equipment
capable of identifying brain damage by graphic depiction of
individual nerve tracts.
"Department." The Department of Military and Veterans
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