Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR157: A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States to pass H.R. 1947, the Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy for PTSD Act or similar legislation dealing with stellate ganglion block therapy to veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States with post-traumatic stress disorder, during the 119th United States Congress.
Status: In committee, April 27, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Urging the Congress of the United States to pass H.R. 3023, the Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy for PTSD Act, should it be reintroduced, or similar legislation dealing with stellate ganglion block therapy to veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States with post-traumatic stress disorder, during the 119th United States Congress.
From the introduced text, March 31, 2025:
A RESOLUTION Urging the Congress of the United States to pass H.R. 3023, the Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy for PTSD Act, should it be reintroduced, or similar legislation dealing with stellate ganglion block therapy to veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States with post-traumatic stress disorder, during the 119th United States Congress. WHEREAS, H.R. 3023 directs the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the United States Secretary of Defense to furnish stellate ganglion block (SGB) therapy to veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States with post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and WHEREAS, The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that 23% of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans have received a diagnosis of PTSD; and WHEREAS, Older veterans are also impacted, with the VA estimating that 12% of Gulf War veterans and 15% of Vietnam veterans receive a PTSD diagnosis each year; and WHEREAS, Unfortunately, only 40% of veterans find relief from PTSD with current treatments; and WHEREAS, If left untreated, PTSD symptoms have a positive correlation with suicide risk; and WHEREAS, The lack of effective PTSD treatments directly contributes to the 20 veteran suicides the United States experiences each day; and WHEREAS, An SGB procedure injects an anesthetic agent on the stellate …