SB0206: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Introduced Senate Bill (S)
• Current Chamber: senate
• Origin Chamber: senate
• Description: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment program.

Legislators

Actions (3 total)

• Jan 21, 2025, 9:59 AM: Senator Doriot added as coauthor
• Jan 8, 2025, 10:20 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and The Military
• Jan 8, 2025, 10:20 AM: Authored by Senator Tomes

Digest

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.