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Brain-injury advocates back bill to create permanent advisory board to address service gaps

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The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts and survivors urged the committee to establish a permanent Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Board to continue recommendations from previous commissions and to oversee service improvements.

Kelly Buttilieri, public affairs manager at the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, asked the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities to support Senate 134 / House 231, which would create a permanent Acquired Brain Injury Advisory Board. Buttilieri said thousands of Massachusetts residents sustain acquired brain injuries (ABI) annually and…

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