Arizona 2022 2022 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1041 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 03/01/2022

                      	SB 1041 
Initials FK 	Page 1 	Caucus & COW 
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-fifth Legislature 
Second Regular Session 
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SB 1041: appropriation; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans 
Sponsor: Senator Rogers, LD 6 
Caucus & COW 
Overview 
Appropriates monies from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2023 to the Hyperbaric Oxygen 
Therapy for Military Veterans Fund (Fund).  
History 
The Fund, administered by the Department of Veterans' Services (DVS), is continuously 
appropriated and non-lapsing (A.R.S. 41-610.01). 
Monies in the Fund must be used to provide financial assistance to veterans for hyperbaric oxygen 
therapy (A.R.S. 41-610.01).  
DVS may seek reimbursement, by private insurance, of funds spent to pay for hyperbaric oxygen 
therapy for a veteran if DVS discovers the therapy was fully or partially covered by private 
insurance (A.R.S. 41-610.01).  
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing 100 percent oxygen while in a hyperbaric chamber.  
The air pressure inside is raised to a level that is higher than normal air pressure.  The increased 
air pressure in the chamber helps the lungs collect more oxygen (FDA).  
Provisions 
1. Appropriates $3,640,000 from the GF in FY 2023 to the Fund. (Sec. 1)  
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note