The State of Arizona became the first Public partner for the providing HBOT to treat veterans with TBI with their allocation of $25,000.

Veterans with TBI and selected PTSD conditions would be eligible to participate in HBOT under a bill approved unanimously in the State House, and unanimously by the Senate. It was signed by the Governor on March 29. HB2513 was sponsored by Rep. Mark Finchem, Republican, (LD-11, Oro Valley, Marana & Maricopa), Vice-Chairman of the Military, Veterans and Regulatory Affairs Committee.

The bill provides a temporary appropriation of just $25,000 in seed money to what supporters call, a “private-sector driven,” initiative that will be overseen by the state’s Department of Veteran Services. Arizona is the first state that has formally taken this private-public partnership approach.