Iowa HF326: A BILL FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery pilot program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans and making appropriations

What the bill says

A bill FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery pilot program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans and making appropriations.

From the introduced text, February 11, 2025:

A BILL FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery pilot program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans and making appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1790YH (5) sc/js H.F. Section 1. NEW SECTION. 35E.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Commission" means the commission of veterans affairs established in section 35A.2. 2. "Department" means the Iowa department of veterans affairs created in section 35A.4. 3. "Health care practitioner" means a practitioner as defined in section 155A.3. 4. "Hyperbaric oxygen treatment" means treatment, including diagnostic testing and other related medical treatments, for diabetic foot ulcers, traumatic brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder prescribed by a health care practitioner that utilizes, as part of the treatment, any of the following: a. A hyperbaric chamber approved by the United States food and drug administration. b. A hyperbaric oxygen device that is approved by the United States food and drug administration for investigational use under the direction of an institutional review board with a national clinical trial number. 5. "Pilot program" means the veterans recovery pilot program established under section 35E.2. 6. "Traumatic brain injury" means an acquired injury to the brain. "Traumatic brain injury" does not mean brain dysfunction …

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Sponsors

• Cindy Golding (R, 83) · primary sponsor
• Eddie Andrews (R, 43)
• Steven Holt (R, 12)
• Mark Cisneros (R, 96)
• Mark Thompson (R, 56)
• Thomas Gerhold (R, 84)
• McCulla, Kniff
• Chad Ingels (R, 68)
• Robert Henderson (R, 2)
• David Young (R, 28)
• Shannon Lundgren (R, 65)
• John Wills (R, 10)

Latest actions

1. February 20, 2025: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 518 .
2. February 19, 2025: Committee vote: Yeas, 16. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 372 .
3. February 19, 2025: Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 372 .
4. February 13, 2025: Subcommittee recommends passage.
5. February 11, 2025: Subcommittee Meeting: 02/13/2025 8:15AM House Lounge.
6. February 11, 2025: Subcommittee: Sorensen, Blom and Turek. H.J. 291 .
7. February 11, 2025: Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 285 .

Votes

• Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 372 . (February 19, 2025): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is HF326?

HF326 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery pilot program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans and making appropriations.

What does HF326 do?

In its own words: A bill FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery pilot program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans and making appropriations.

What is the status of HF326?

In committee as of February 20, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 518 . (February 20, 2025).

Who sponsored HF326?

Cindy Golding (R, 83), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HF326?

On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0326&ga=91