Posted:
February 2, 2026 1:55 p.m.
- This page, Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Board Meeting (February 5, 2026), is offered by
- Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
- Department of Public Health
- Division of Violence and Injury Prevention
Public Meeting Notice
Public Meeting Notice Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Board Meeting (February 5, 2026)
Overview
Audio only conference phone number: +1 857-327-9245
Conference ID number: 385 033 410#
The SCI Advisory Board will open by approving previous minutes. The Advisory Board will be reviewing the current funding status and application processes for the Thomas P. Kennedy SCI Trust Fund. The meeting will then focus on strategies to increase revenue through legislative and private channels, while considering potential modifications to the fund’s scope and administrative structure.
Agenda
- Welcome and Introductions
- Approval of minutes from October 23, 2025 SCI Advisory Board meeting
- Funding Status of Thomas P. Kennedy SCI Trust Fund
- Thomas P. Kennedy SCI Trust Fund Applications
- Anticipated funding timeline, application process, and application mechanism
- Overview and clarification of the RFR process
- Thomas P. Kennedy SCI Trust Fund Application Oversight and Review
- Role of DPH in the Trust Fund and reporting data
- Strategies to Increase Funding
- Legislative options related to Trust Fund
- Mass Life Sciences funding (Governor Healey)
- Millionaires’ Tax (Governor Healy and the Legislature)
- Private funding opportunities (Exclusive of any State funding)
- Potential Modifications to the Thomas P. Kennedy SCI Trust Fund
- Scope of funding: acute and chronic SCI, basic research and clinical trials
- Number of SCI State Advisors
- Payment of out-of-state reviewers
Additional Resources
Open PDF file, 86.44 KB,
Session Law - Acts of 2015 Chapter 123
(English, PDF 86.44 KB)