A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on eligibility criteria or treatment types beyond mentioning that these will be covered by future rules.

Indiana Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Program

This bill establishes a grant program run by the Indiana Department of Veterans' Affairs for diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatments for qualified service members, funded from the Military Family Relief Fund.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes a program to provide grants to healthcare providers for diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment for eligible service members.
• Requires the Indiana Department of Health to issue requests for proposals and adopt rules concerning eligibility, treatment plans, payment criteria, and confidentiality.

Who It Names or Affects

• Qualified service members who can receive diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatments
• Healthcare providers that offer these services and apply for grants

Terms To Know

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment

A medical treatment where a patient breathes pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber to help heal certain health problems.

Military Family Relief Fund

Money set aside by the state of Indiana to support programs that help military families and veterans.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how many service members will be eligible for the program.
• It is unclear when the program will start since there is no effective date listed.

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment program.

Current Bill Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment program.

Requires the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to establish and administer a hyperbaric oxygen treatment program (program) to make grants to certain providers to provide diagnostic testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatment to qualified service members. Establishes program requirements. Requires the Indiana department of health to: (1) issue a request for proposals to offer treatment under the program; and (2) adopt rules to implement these provisions, including rules concerning program eligibility, treatment plan requirements, criteria for approving payments for treatment, and confidentiality. Provides that funding for the program is paid from the military family relief fund. Makes conforming amendments related to the sunset of the hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program.