appropriation; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on the exact mechanisms or criteria for distributing funds, nor does it specify the composition or responsibilities of any advisory committee beyond mentioning its existence.

Money for Veterans' Oxygen Therapy

This bill gives $3,640,000 to the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund from the state's money in fiscal year 2027.

What This Bill Does

• Gives the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund $3,640,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in fiscal year 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• Arizona veterans who need hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• The Arizona Department of Veterans' Services

Terms To Know

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

A medical treatment that uses a special machine to give patients high levels of oxygen.

Fund

Money set aside for a specific purpose, in this case to help veterans pay for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the money will be used or who gets it.
• It is unclear if there are enough funds beyond the $3,640,000 from donations and other sources to fully support all veterans needing therapy.

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.