Senate Bill S9303

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S9303 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27-CCCC §§2748 - 2748-b, Pub Health L

2023-S9303 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program to treat veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.

2023-S9303 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9303
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  article
 27-CCCC to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 27-CCCC
                  HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM
 SECTION 2748. DEFINITIONS.
         2748-A. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM.
         2748-B. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AUTHORIZED.
   §  2748.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL" SHALL MEAN A LICENSED  PHYSICIAN,
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR OTHER LICENSED HEALTH CARE
 PRACTITIONER LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE AND ACTING  WITHIN  SUCH
 PROFESSIONAL'S SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   2. "HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY" SHALL MEAN TREATMENT FROM AN AUTHORIZED
 MEDICAL  PROFESSIONAL  IN  EITHER  A  HYPERBARIC CHAMBER APPROVED BY THE
 UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, OR  SIMILAR  DEVICE  WITH  A
 UNITED  STATES  FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINISTRATION APPROVED INVESTIGATIONAL
 DEVICE EXEMPTION.
   3. "POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER"  SHALL  MEAN  A  MENTAL  CONDITION
 DEVELOPED  AFTER  HAVING  EXPERIENCED  OR WITNESSED A TRAUMATIC OR LIFE-
 THREATENING EVENT AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED BY THE MOST  RECENT  EDITION
 OF  THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, PUBLISHED
 BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION.
   4. "TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAP-
 TER.
   5. "VETERAN" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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