Public Policy
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the voice of brain injury on Capitol Hill. We tirelessly advocate for greater access to care for civilian and military populations, expanded brain injury research, adequate resources for state programs and increased congressional awareness of brain injury issues, among other priorities.

Post-Acute Care (PAC) Principles to Guide Unified PAC Payment System Development from a Brain Injury Rehabilitation Perspective
As Congress, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission continue to consider the design...

Support Brain Injury Education for First Responders
BIAA urges lawmakers to support the Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act.

Increase Access to Care for Individuals with Brain Injury
BIAA urges lawmakers to preserve patient-centered access to rehabilitation.

Improve Awareness and Understanding of Brain Injury
BIAA urges lawmakers to take a stand to protect student athletes from concussion

Grow the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
The Congressional Brain Injury Task Force is essential to the brain injury community. Advocates can help keep it strong by...

Coordinate Federal Resources
BIAA urges lawmakers to appropriate the necessary resources for federal TBI programs.

Bolster Research for Traumatic Brain Injury
BIAA urges lawmakers to fully fund the TBI Model Systems of Care

Social Security Disability Insurance (Title II of Social Security Act)
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a federal program that provides cash payments to individuals who are under age 65,...

Improving Medicare Post–Acute Care Transformation Act (IMPACT Act)
The Improving Medicare Post–Acute Care Transformation Act (IMPACT Act) authorized the creation of a standardized platform to measure quality and...


Disability Integration Act
The Disability Integration Act would require states or insurance plans that pay for long-term services and supports to move individuals...

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act
The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act allows individuals with disabilities to establish special needs trusts to supplement the care provided...