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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1054
assisted living; hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Purpose
Allows assisted living homes and assisted living centers to provide hyperbaric oxygen
therapy (HBOT) to residents.
Background
HBOT is a medical treatment in which an individual is placed in a hyperbaric chamber to
breathe 100 percent pure oxygen. In the chamber, the air pressure is raised to a level higher than
normal air pressure, which helps the lungs collect more oxygen to heal tissue and fight certain
infections. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently recognizes HBOT as an
approved treatment for the following medical conditions: 1) air and gas bubbles in blood vessels; 2)
severe anemia; 3) severe and large burns; 4) carbon monoxide poisoning; 5) crush injury; 6)
decompression sickness; 7) gas gangrene; 8) sudden and complete hearing loss; 9) infection of the
skin and bone; 10) radiation injury; 11) severe skin grafts 12) sudden and painless vision loss; and
13) non-healing wounds (FDA)
Assisted living facilities are residential care institutions, including adult foster care homes,
that provide or contract to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed
care services on a continuous basis. Assisted living facilities that provide resident rooms or
residential units to eleven or more residents are known as assisted living centers, while those
facilities that provide resident rooms or residential units to ten or fewer residents are known as
assisted living homes (A.R.S. ยง 36-401).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Allows assisted living homes and assisted living centers to provide HBOT to residents.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 23, 2025
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