What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy (a medical treatment using pressurized oxygen) to eligible veterans. The therapy would be available to veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Who It Affects
Veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Health care providers who furnish the therapy.
Key Provisions
• The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans who have traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder (Sec. 2(a)).
• The therapy must be provided through a health care provider as described in a specific section of veterans law (Sec. 2(a)).
What Changes
A new section of veterans law would be created establishing the Secretary's authority and responsibility to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with these two conditions. The bill also updates the table of contents for veterans law to include this new section.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 105
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic
brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 2023
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hyperbaric oxygen
therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-
traumatic stress disorder.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TBI and PTSD Treat-
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ment Act’’.
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•HR 105 IH
SEC. 2. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR VETERANS
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WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR POST-
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TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 38, United
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States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1710E
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the following new section:
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‘‘§ 1710F. Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic
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stress disorder: hyperbaric oxygen ther-
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apy
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‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall furnish
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hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a condi-
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tion specified in subsection (b) through a health care pro-
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vider described in section 1703(c)(5) of this title.
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‘‘(b) COVERED CONDITIONS.—The conditions speci-
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fied in this subsection are the following:
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‘‘(1) Traumatic brain injury.
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‘‘(2) Post-traumatic stress disorder.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
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at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
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after the item relating to section 1710E the following new
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item:
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‘‘1710F. Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder: hyperbaric
oxygen therapy.’’.
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