BIAA Legislative Update November 2008
Dear Advocates:
Congress returned this week for a lame duck session after being in recess since October 3, 2008. This lame duck session follows a historic November 4 election, which will result in significant changes in the makeup of both the House and Senate – not to mention the White House - in January.
So far, the lame duck session has produced successful legislation extending unemployment benefits, but it now looks as though Democratic leaders will wait until the beginning of a new legislative session in January to move a broader economic stimulus package. BIAA will continue to advocate for inclusion of increased federal funding for state Medicaid programs in any such stimulus package.
Meanwhile, Congress continues to debate a possible bailout plan for the auto industry, and this debate could continue into December, thus extending the lame duck session.
Over the past few weeks, numerous developments related to brain injury policy have occurred and are described below.
Please note that BIAA is currently in the process of updating the “Policy & Legislation” section of its website, and as a result many documents referred to below are not yet posted online. Rest assured these documents will become available shortly. We sincerely appreciate your patience while we work to improve the comprehensiveness and accessibility of our website.
*Distributed by Laura Schiebelhut, BIAA Director of Government Affairs, on behalf of the Brain Injury Association of America; 703-761-0750 ext. 637; lschiebelhut@biausa.org
BIAA’s Policy Corner and Legislative Action Alerts are made possible by the Centre for Neuro Skills, James F. Humphreys & Associates, and Lakeview Healthcare Systems, Inc. The Brain Injury Association of America gratefully acknowledges their support for legislative action.
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