Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members

  1. Law
  2. USC 10
  3. Armed Forces
  4. General Military Law
  5. PERSONNEL
  6. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
  7. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members

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§1074o. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members

(a) In General.-The Secretary may furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy available at a military medical treatment facility to a covered member if such therapy is prescribed by a physician to treat post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.

(b) Covered Member Defined.-In this section, the term "covered member" means a member of the armed forces who is-

(1) serving on active duty; and

(2) diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury.

(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VII, §703(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1435 .)

Effective Date

Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VII, §703(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1435 , provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 2017]."


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