116 HR 8306 IH: Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2020-09-17
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1.This Act may be cited as the Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act
.2.Pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder(a)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)The Secretary shall select three Veterans Integrated Service Networks in which to operate the pilot program.(c)(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)The pilot program shall terminate on the day that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.(e)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.