,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #i1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,tuberville introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,veterans     
,affairs to implement a pilot program to
 furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to   
certain veterans through community care 
providers1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,national ,traumatic      
,brain ,injury ,treatment ,act4  #b4    
,pilot program to furnish hyperbaric    
oxygen therapy to a veteran with        
traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic
 stress disorder  7a7 ,establishment    
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall implement a pilot program to      
furnish ,,hbot to a veteran who has a   
traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic
 stress disorder through a health care  
provider described in section           

#agjc7;c77#e7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code 7in this section referred 
to as the pilot program74  7b7          
,locations ,the ,secretary shall select 
two ,veterans ,integrated ,service      
,networks of the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs in which to operate  
the pilot program4  7c7 ,accreditation  
required ,the ,secretary shall ensure   
that any medical facility at which a    
veteran receives ,,hbot under the pilot 
program is accredited by-- 7#a7 the     
,joint ,commission on ,accreditation of 
,hospital ,organizations2  7#b7 the     
,undersea and ,hyperbaric ,medical      
,society2 or  7#c7 another appropriate  
organization that has expertise and     
objectivity comparable to that of the   
,joint ,commission on ,accreditation of 
,hospital ,organizations or the         
,undersea and ,hyperbaric ,medical      
,society4  7d7 ,funding  7#a7 ,in       
general ,there is in the general fund of
 the ,treasury a fund to be known as the
 ,,va ,,hbot ,fund 7in this section     

referred to as the ,fund74  7#b7 ,sole  
source of funds ,the sole source of     
amounts deposited into the ,fund shall  
be donations received by the ,secretary 
for the express purpose of providing    
,,hbot under the pilot program4  7#c7   
,availability ,amounts in the ,fund     
shall be available to the ,secretary    
without fiscal year limitation to pay   
for ,,hbot under the pilot program4  7e7
 ,termination ,the pilot program and the
 ,fund shall terminate on the day that  
is three years after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act4  7f7 ,,hbot     
defined ,in this section1 the term      
,,hbot means hyperbaric oxygen therapy  
provided to a patient with a medical    
device-- 7#a7 approved by the ,food and 
,drug ,administration2 or  7#b7 issued  
an investigational device exemption by  
the ,food and ,drug ,administration4    
#c4 ,comptroller ,general report on use 
of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat   
traumatic brain injury and              
post-traumatic stress disorder  7a7 ,in 

general ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states shall submit to the ,committee 
on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate   
and the ,committee on ,veterans'        
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives an update to the report
 of the ,comptroller ,general published 
on ,december #ah1 #bjae1 and titled     
,research on ,hyperbaric ,oxygen        
,therapy to ,treat ,traumatic ,brain    
,injury and ,post-,traumatic ,stress    
,disorder 7,,gao-#af-aed74  7b7         
,elements ,the update required under    
subsection 7a7 shall include an         
assessment by the ,comptroller ,general 
of clinical trials conducted since the  
publication of the report specified in  
such subsection-- 7#a7 regarding the use
 of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat  
traumatic brain injury and              
post-traumatic stress disorder2 and     
7#b7 by-- 7,a7 the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs2  7,b7 the ,secretary

 of ,defense2 and  7,c7 private         
entities4  #d4 ,extension of certain    
limits on payments of pension ,section  
#eejc7;d77#g7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,november #cj1 #bjca and inserting      
,october #cj1 #bjcd4