appropriation; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans

Plain English Breakdown

The source states the bill becomes effective on the general effective date but does not specify what calendar date this will be.

Funding Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Arizona Veterans

This bill sets aside $3,640,000 from the state budget to help veterans pay for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $3,640,000 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2027.
• Sends this money to the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

• Veterans who receive financial assistance through the fund.
• The Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS).

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill only provides funding; it does not change how veterans apply or who qualifies for help.
• The exact date this law takes effect is the general effective date, which depends on session rules.

Official Summary Text

SB1065 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1065

appropriation;
hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans

Purpose

Appropriates
$3,640,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to the Hyperbaric Oxygen
Therapy for Military Veterans Fund (Fund).

Background

The Fund consists of private donations, grants, bequests
and any other monies and is administered by the Arizona Department of Veterans'
Services (ADVS) to provide financial assistance to veterans for hyperbaric
oxygen therapy. The Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Advisory Committee,
with members consisting of the Director of ADVS and four Governor appointees
who must be National Guard unit commanders, doctors or active or retired
military personnel, must: 1) determine how to award monies from the Fund; 2) establish
the application process for financial assistance and revise as necessary; and
3) make other recommendations as necessary. ADVS may seek a reimbursement of Fund
monies that are used to pay for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for a veteran if the
therapy was fully or partially covered by private insurance or any other entity
(
A.R.S.
� 41-610.01
).

S.B. 1065
appropriates $3,640,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates $3,640,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

January 22, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1065 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation;
hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1065

AN
ACT

appropriating monies to the hyperbaric oxygen
therapy for military veterans fund.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Appropriation;
hyperbaric oxygen therapy for military veterans fund

The sum of $3,640,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the hyperbaric oxygen
therapy for military veterans fund established by section 41-610.01,
Arizona Revised Statutes.