Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania SR122: A Resolution urging the Congress of the United States to expand post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and service members by authorizing stellate ganglion block therapy through passage of H.R. 1947, the Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy for PTSD Act.
Status: In committee, October 6, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Urging the Congress of the United States to expand post- traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and service members by authorizing stellate ganglion block therapy through passage of H.R. 1947, the Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy for PTSD Act.
From the introduced text, June 6, 2025:
A RESOLUTION Urging the Congress of the United States to expand post- traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans and service members by authorizing stellate ganglion block therapy through passage of H.R. 1947, the Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy for PTSD Act. WHEREAS, A stellate ganglion block (SGB) procedure injects an anesthetic agent on the stellate ganglion, a collection of nerves in the neck that controls the activation of the "fight or flight" survival reflex; and WHEREAS, SGB is proven to alleviate common post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms such as hyperarousal, exaggerated startle responses and anxiety; and WHEREAS, The procedure has been performed since the 1920s and is considered low risk; and WHEREAS, SGB was first recognized as a treatment for PTSD in 2008; and WHEREAS, The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that 29% 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 21% of Persian Gulf War veterans and 10% of Vietnam veterans receive a PTSD diagnosis; 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 …