Task B ~ Brain Injury Trust Fund Sources

1. Review trust funds in other states in terms of function, budget and source of funds

2. Identify potential sources of revenue for funding a trust in Oregon

3. Draft legislation to establish trust

Task B Materials/Background info and examples from other states and agencies-in binder

1. Survey of State Programs to Finance Rehabilitation and Community Services for Individuals with Brain Injury


2. Summary of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Funds


3. Oregon SB 1183 for a TBI Trust Fund


4. Oregon SB 904 (similar bill to SB 1183 in the 2001 legislature)


5. Brain Injury Association Spending Study ~ May 2000


6. Trust Fund Legislation sample


7. National Conference of State Legislators Funding TBI Services


8. Board of Trustees of the Children


9. Quad Brain/spinal-cord injury trust fund


10. Arizona Trust Fund Information

11. Colorado Trust Fund HB 1281 ColoradoTrustFundHB1281_00Statute.pdf

12. Florida SB 388 ~ Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund


13. Georgia HR 266 ~ DUI, penalties allocate to Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund


14. Georgia Amendment No. 3 info ~ Creation if Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund


15. State of Illinois legislation HB 1385


16. Kentucky TBI Trust Fund


17. Kentucky legislature HB299


18. Louisiana Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Program


19. Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission ~ TBI Trust fund info


20. Mississippi Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Trust Fund


21. Nebraska Trust Fund legislation


22. New Jersey Trust Fund Legislation


23. State of Washington legislation HB 2778


25. West Virginia TBI Trust Fund, State Plan for TBI, and court cost info


25. DUI fines - Illinois


26. DUI Information -statistics and fines- New England States (VT, MA, NH, NY)


27. Vermont DUI information VT_DUI_citations_and_info.pdf

28. Listing of additional resources available via internet


Additional Internet Links:

Evaluating State Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund Legislation: Some Questions to Consider tfquestions.pdf

History of Federal Legislation Impacting Individuals with Disabilities history_of_federal_legislation.htm


Maryland Civil Rights Coalition for People with Disabilities Report MD_Civil_Rights_Coaltion_response.pdf

Olmstead and TBI olmsteadandtbi.pdf

Oregon Medicaid Plan http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/stateplan/toc.asp?state=OR


Oregon Public Finance Basic Facts 2001-Legislative Revenue Office pubfinance1-01.pdf

State Responses to Olmstead Decision stateresponses2olms.pdf

BEA Systems' CEO Bill Coleman has donated $250 million to create an institute devoted to improving the lives of People with Cognitive Disabilities http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2001/nf20010228_248.htm