[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 146 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 146

 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 at military medical treatment facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2015

  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 at military medical treatment facilities.

    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 ARMED FORCES.

    (a) HBOT Treatment.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074n the following 
        new section:
``Sec. 1074o. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain 
              members
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall furnish hyperbaric oxygen 
therapy available at a military medical treatment facility to a covered 
member if such therapy is prescribed by a physician to treat post-
traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.
    ``(b) Covered Member Defined.--In this section, the term `covered 
member' means a member of the armed forces who is--
            ``(1) serving on active duty; 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 1074n the following new item:

``1074o. 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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