The Brain Injury Association of California (BIACAL) is a non-profit membership organization providing information, resources, education, advocacy and support for those affected by brain injury. To navigate through our website, please click on the topics listed in the left-side menu. We hope that you find the information on our website helpful. If you have additional questions or comments, please contact us by email, mail or phone. To accomplish the organization's mission of increasing California's brain injury awareness, prevention, education and advocacy, the Brain Injury Association of California depends upon generous donations from its members, sponsors and the community at large.Brain Injury Association of California
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SB 253 Update:Dear friends and supporters of BIACAL's Acquired Brain Injury Flexible Treatment Choice Act:Due to recently imposed statutory deadlines that conflict with California's Constitutional legislative deadlines for bills introduced in 2011, we regret to inform you that SB 253 WILL NOT be heard on Wednesday, January t before the Senate Health Committee.The Acquired Brain Injury Flexible Treatment Choice Act will be considered before the Legislature in 2012, however, the bill will not be Senate Bill 253. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this situation may have caused you in any plans to attend the Senate Health Committee hearing next Wednesday. Your letters and support remain critically important and relevant to the efforts to secure passage and enactment of this vitally important piece of legislation. We will keep you closely informed on developments moving forward in this matter. Please address any questions you have to Paula Daoutis, Administrative Director, at pdaoutis@biacal.orgThe California Department of Public Health recently updated the injury data web site to include a query for TBI. You can query the data base of hospitalizations and ED treat-and-release cases to create data tables.TBI Query |