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House Bill 1014
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act
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Introduced in House on Feb 11, 2021
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H. R. 1014 (Introduced-in-House)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1014


To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 11, 2021

Mr. Murphy of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act”.

SEC. 2. Pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.

(a) Establishment.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall implement a pilot program to furnish HBOT to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder through a health care provider described in section 1703(c)(5) of title 38, United States Code.

(b) Locations.—The Secretary shall select three Veterans Integrated Service Networks in which to operate the pilot program.

(c) Funding.—

(1) There is in the general fund of the Treasury a fund to be known as the “VA HBOT Fund” (in this Act referred to as the “Fund”).

(2) The sole source of monies for the Fund shall be donations received by the Secretary for express purposes of the Fund.

(3) Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation to pay for HBOT under subsection (a).

(4) The Fund shall terminate on the termination date under subsection (d).

(d) Termination.—The pilot program shall terminate on the day that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(e) HBOT defined.—In this Act, the term “HBOT” means hyperbaric oxygen therapy with a medical device—

(1) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; or

(2) issued an investigational device exemption by the Food and Drug Administration.