HR 1336
Advanced toward a vote
Directs the VA Secretary to run a three-year pilot program that provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injury or PTSD at two VA regional health networks, funded only by donations.
Official title: Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
13-FEB-2025
Referred
13-FEB-2025
Reported
17-OCT-2025
On the calendar
17-OCT-2025
- Requires the VA Secretary to select two Veterans Integrated Service Networks for a three-year pilot offering hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injury or PTSD.
- Requires treating facilities to be accredited by the Joint Commission, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, or a comparable organization.
- Creates a VA HBOT Fund that receives only donations and pays for treatment under the pilot.
- Requires the Comptroller General to update its 2016 report on hyperbaric oxygen research within one year.
- Extends the pension payment limit date in section 5503(d)(7) of title 38 from November 30, 2031 to October 30, 2034.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (13-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 17-OCT-2025).
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10 Republicans