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 ListsCorrections 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