[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1938 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1938

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the 
    Armed Forces serving on active duty who are diagnosed with post-
  traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury have access to 
           hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2013

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the 
    Armed Forces serving on active duty who are diagnosed with post-
  traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury have access to 
           hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROVISION OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
              OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.

    (a) HBOT Treatment.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074m the following 
        new section:
``Sec. 1074n. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain 
              members
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall furnish hyperbaric oxygen 
therapy to a covered member if such therapy is prescribed by a 
physician to treat post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain 
injury.
    ``(b) Use of Private Facilities.--The Secretary may carry out 
subsection (a) by furnishing hyperbaric oxygen therapy at private 
facilities in accordance with section 1074(c) of this title.
    ``(c) Covered Member Defined.--In this section, the term `covered 
member' means a member of the armed forces who is--
            ``(1) entitled to medical care under section 1074 of this 
        title; and
            ``(2) diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or 
        traumatic brain injury.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 1074m the following new item:

``1074n. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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