Tentative Meeting/Conference Call Agenda

 

The purpose of the meetings is to provide participants with an opportunity to provide input and respond to a number of key issues impacting the provision of services to persons with acquired Traumatic Brain Injury in California.  Acquired traumatic brain injury is an injury that is sustained after birth from an external force to the brain or any of its parts, resulting in cognitive, psychological, neurological, or anatomical changes in brain functions. 

 

1. Welcome

2. Introduction
   • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Grant and No-Cost Extension Project
     
   • AB 1410 (Assemblymember Feuer’s Bill)
     
   • No-Cost Extension Project Report
     
   • California’s Current TBI Service System Structure
3. Discussion: Core TBI Services and Follow-Up Questions:

 

TBI Core Services:

• Community Reintegration Services
• Family and Community Education
• Service Coordination Services
• Vocational Support Services/Extended Supported Employment Services
• Supported Living Services

 

Follow-Up Questions for Each Service Area or Type:

• What is reimbursed, what is not reimbursed under insurance (Medicare, Medi-Cal, private insurance, etc.)?
• What services are needed and for whom (which specific communities or populations)?
• What are the barriers to existing services and development of new services?
• Who are the providers? Who can be providers – what are their qualifications?
• What opportunities are there at the local level for collaboration to better serve persons, long-term, with TBI?

 

4. Summary and Adjournment