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Highlights for:
Vol. 4, Issue 2
December 21, 2007

In This Issue . . .

Bills Vetoed

Appropriations
Health Care Legislation
Working Disabled Program

Bills Signed

TBI Programs and Funding

• Advisory Council/Funding
• Appropriations
• Awareness and Public Education
• Trust Fund

Children

• Co-occurring Conditions

Community-Based Services

• ABI HCBS Waiver
• Assisted Living
• Community Services Study
• Discharge Planning
• Money Follows the Person
• Personal Care
• Study on Cost-based Reimbursement
• Unified Budgeting
• Waiting Lists

Corrections and Mental Health

Education

• Child Find
• Disability Definition
• Special Education Study

Health Care

• Expanded Coverage
• Medicaid Reform
• Mental Health
• Rehab for ABI

Prevention

• ATV, Child Helmets
• Motorcycle Helmets
• Seat Belts

Registry/Trauma Care

Returning Troops/Veterans

• Counseling, Reintegration and
Information
• Home Care Study
• Suicide Prevention

Other

• Guardianship Study
• Reorganization of Human Services

Resolutions Adopted

Brain Injury Awareness
HCBS Waiver
Veterans Health Care

Bills Introduced

Appropriations
Bicycle Helmets
Education Scholarships
Veterans and Returning Troops

Resolutions Introduced

Veterans and Returning Troops

Other

State Initiatives

• Self-Directed State Plan Service
• State Health Care Plan
• States Sue Federal Government

Federal Grants

• Nursing Home Diversion
• Transportation