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SCS/SB 333 - This act changes the name of the Missouri Head Injury Advisory Council to the Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council and codifies the executive order transferring the Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council to the Department of Health and Senior Services. The act provides for the decrease of members of the council from the present twenty-five to eighteen. Meetings of the full council shall be held twice a year or at the call of the council chairperson. This act modifies the definition of "brain injury" or "traumatic brain injury" to include a sudden insult or damage to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative nature. Cerebral vascular accidents, aneurisms and congenital deficits are specifically excluded from the definition of brain injury. This act prescribes some additional duties for the department, including promulgating rules to prescribe polices or standards which affect charging and funding of adult brain injury rehabilitation services and reasonable rules relative to the implementation of participant rights undergoing rehabilitation services. The department shall also promulgate rules for those creating reasonable standard means test to be applied to all programs and services funded by the department. The department may also receive federal grants and aids for brain injury prevention, brain injury and brain injury rehabilitation. The administration of the Brain Injury Fund is also transferred to the department. This act also provides that services provided by the department shall be directed toward preparation for education or vocational achievement, independent living, and community participation. ADRIANE CROUSE
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