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House subcommittee advances pilot to expand hyperbaric oxygen therapy access for veterans after amendments
Summary
The House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee voted to forward HR 13 36, which would create a pilot to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after approving two safety and study amendments and rejecting a separate literature-review amendment.
Representative Murphy introduced HR 13 36, the Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Act, and the subcommittee moved the bill to the full committee as amended.
The bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program granting veterans access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the community. Representative Murphy described HBOT as a potential option for veterans with TBI and PTSD and said, “we do this today, 17 to 30 veterans every day to suicide.”
The panel debated scientific…
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