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H.R. 1336 — what changed

Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended and 2 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 2 Pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder

(a)
Establishment— 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)
changed Locations— The Secretary shall select three two Veterans Integrated Service Networks in which to operate the pilot program.
(c)
added Accreditation required— The Secretary shall ensure that any medical facility at which a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder receives HBOT pursuant to the pilot program is accredited by—
(1)
added the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations;
(2)
added the Undersea and Hyberbaric Medical Society; or
(3)
added another appropriate organization that has expertise and objectivity comparable to that of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations or the Undersea and Hyberbaric Medical Society.
(d)
added Funding—
(c)
removed Funding—
(1)
renumbered was (4)(2) 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)
renumbered was (4)(3) The sole source of monies for the Fund shall be donations received by the Secretary for express purposes of the Fund.
(3)
renumbered was (4)(4) Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation to pay for HBOT under subsection (a).
(4)
added The Fund shall terminate on the termination date under subsection (e).
(e)
added Termination— The pilot program shall terminate on the day that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(4)
removed The Fund shall terminate on the termination date under subsection (d).
(d)
removed Termination— The pilot program shall terminate on the day that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(f)
renumbered was (6) HBOT defined— In this Act, the term “HBOT” means hyperbaric oxygen therapy with a medical device—
(1)
renumbered was (6)(3) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; or
(2)
renumbered was (6)(4) issued an investigational device exemption by the Food and Drug Administration.

Sec. 3 GAO report on the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder

added

added Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives an update to the report titled “Research on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” (GAO-16-154). Such report shall include the assessment of the Comptroller General of clinical trials conducted, since the publication of such report—

(1)
added regarding the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder; and
(2)
added by—
(A)
added the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
(B)
added the Secretary of Defense; and
(C)
added private entities.

Sec. 4 Extension of certain limits on payments of pension

added

added Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “November 30, 2031” and inserting “October 30, 2034”.