2023 House Bill 5146

Military affairs: other; hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program; establish.

A bill to create a hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment grant program and pilot program for providing treatment to veterans with traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to require the promulgation of rules; and to create certain funds.

Official record

AI Analysis – Experimental

Establishes a grant and pilot program for providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy at no cost to veterans with traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder, overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services and ending on January 1, 2027.

Introduced in the House

Oct. 17, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Kathy Schmaltz (R-46) and 19 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Jaime Greene (R-65), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Rachelle Smit (R-43), Mike Mueller (R-72), John Roth (R-104), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), William Bruck (R-30), Timothy Beson (R-96), Greg Markkanen (R-110), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Mike Hoadley (R-99), Pat Outman (R-91), Brian BeGole (R-71), Robert Bezotte (R-50), Jerry Neyer (R-92), Dale Zorn (R-34) and Nancy DeBoer (R-86)

Referred to the Committee on Elections

March 12, 2024

Reported without amendment

Referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security