SB636:

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; data collection.

Bill Summary:

Department of Veterans Services; hyperbaric
oxygen therapy; data collection. Allows the Department of Veterans
Services (the Department) to contract with any hospital in the Commonwealth
that furnishes the treatment option of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy to any veteran in the Commonwealth
who has been certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
or any branch of the United States Armed Forces as having post-traumatic
stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. The Department shall include
in any contract with such hospital to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy
the requirement that data be collected to assess the efficacy of
hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans and any other information
deemed relevant by the Department.