use Text::xSV;

my $parser = Text::xSV->new( filename=>$datafile, sep=>"\t" );
$parser->read_header;

my %data;
while (my $row_ref = $parser->get_row) {
    $data{ $row_ref->[1] } = $parser->extract_hash;
}

##</code><code>##

use Text::xSV;

my $parser = Text::xSV->new( filename=>$datafile, sep=>"\t" );
my @headers = $parser->get_row;
shift @headers; # Get rid of the unwanted #
$parser->bind_fields(@headers);

my %data;
while (my $row_ref = $parser->get_row) {
    $data{ $row_ref->[1] } = $parser->extract_hash;
}