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Article: SEN. DURBIN CONTINUES TO WORK FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CARE

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June 13, 2007
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The office of Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., issued the following press release:

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that major components of his legislation on traumatic brain injury (TBI) were included in a fast moving bill introduced by Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI). The Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act, includes several of Durbin's proposals from his bipartisan Military and Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act (S.1349), which requires the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veteran Affairs (VA) to implement a comprehensive program to diagnose, treat and rehabilitate service members and veterans who have suffered a service-related traumatic brain injury.

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