Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2481: A BILL FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans, and making appropriations
Status: In committee, February 23, 2026
An Act establishing a veterans recovery 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 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 16, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery 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 5470YH (5) sc/ns H.F. 2481 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 created in section 35A.2. 2. "Department" means the Iowa department of veterans affairs established 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 traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder prescribed by a health care practitioner that utilizes, as part of the treatment, a hard-sided or soft-sided hyperbaric oxygen chamber. 5. "Program" means the veterans recovery program established under section 35E.2. 6. "Traumatic brain injury" means an injury to the brain acquired during military service. 7. "Treatment facility" means a hospital as defined in section 135B.1, an organized outpatient health facility as defined in section 135.61, or any other facility that is authorized by the department to provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment under this chapter. 8. "Veteran" means a veteran as defined in section 35.1. 9. "Veterans traumatic brain …
Sponsors
- Helena Hayes (R, 88) · primary sponsor
- Brooke Boden (R, 21)
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2662 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 17. Nays, 0. H.J. 342 .
- : Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 342 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/18/2026 12:00PM RM 19.
- : Subcommittee: Hayes, Amos Jr. and Hermanson. H.J. 311 .
- : Introduced, referred to Veterans Affairs. H.J. 296 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 342 . (February 18, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: brain injuries, appropriations, TICK LABORATORY, veterans affairs department, medical care, CIVIL COMMITMENTS, reports, post-traumatic stress disorders
Common questions
- What is HF2481?
- HF2481 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans, and making appropriations.
- What does HF2481 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act establishing a veterans recovery 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 HF2481?
- In committee as of February 23, 2026. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2662 . (February 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2481?
- Helena Hayes (R, 88), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HF2481?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2481&ga=91
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