STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 54th Legislature (2014)

SENATE BILL 1604	By:	Allen

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health and safety; creating the Oklahoma Veterans Recovery Plan Act of 2014; providing short title; providing definition; declaring jurisdiction; providing access to certain treatment; stating that certain treatment shall be provided at no cost; directing submission of bills and payment of bills from certain fund; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-291 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known as the "Oklahoma Veterans Recovery Plan Act of 2014".
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-291.2 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
For the purposes of this act, "hyperbaric oxygen treatment" (HBOT) shall mean treatment in a hyperbaric chamber cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with a valid prescription, or a device with an appropriate FDA-approved investigational device exemption, at a location in compliance with applicable state fire codes, supervised in accordance with requirements in the Oklahoma Veterans Recovery Plan Act of 2014, which shall be delivered by authorized, licensed or nationally certified health care providers and otherwise in accordance with state law.
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-291.3 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
For the purposes of this act, the Oklahoma State University Center for Aerospace and Hyperbaric Medicine shall have full statewide jurisdiction over all medical treatments provided.
SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-291.4 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Any Oklahoma veteran who has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) may access HBOT at any facility in the state that has a hyperbaric chamber and provides such treatment as described in Section 2 of this act.
SECTION 5.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-291.5 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The treatment shall be provided at no cost to the veteran.  The treating facility shall submit a bill for any treatment provided to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the bill shall be paid from the Veterans Recovery Plan Revolving Fund.
SECTION 6.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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