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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 72 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans |
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| 6 | 6 | | Affairs to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic |
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| 7 | 7 | | brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGSof Arizona (for himself, Mr. CRANE, and Mr. GOSAR) introduced |
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| 12 | 12 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec- |
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| 15 | 15 | | retary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hyperbaric oxygen |
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| 16 | 16 | | therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injury or post- |
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| 17 | 17 | | traumatic stress disorder. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TBI and PTSD Treat-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ment Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 72 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR VETERANS 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR POST- 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 38, United 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1710E 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the following new section: 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘§ 1710F. Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | stress disorder: hyperbaric oxygen ther-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | apy 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(a) A |
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| 37 | 37 | | UTHORITY.—The Secretary shall furnish 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a condi-11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tion specified in subsection (b) through a health care pro-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | vider described in section 1703(c)(5) of this title. 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(b) C |
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| 42 | 42 | | OVEREDCONDITIONS.—The conditions speci-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | fied in this subsection are the following: 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(1) Traumatic brain injury. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(2) Post-traumatic stress disorder.’’. 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) C |
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| 47 | 47 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | after the item relating to section 1710E the following new 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | item: 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘1710F. Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder: hyperbaric |
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| 52 | 52 | | oxygen therapy.’’. |
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