Sec. 49.006.  PROVISION OF SERVICES; REIMBURSEMENT.  (a)  A facility may provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment under the pilot program to a veteran who has post-traumatic stress disorder or a traumatic brain injury if the commission approves a treatment plan under Section 49.005 for the veteran.
(b)  A facility that elects to provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment to a veteran under Subsection (a) shall provide the treatment without charge to the veteran.  A veteran receiving treatment under the pilot program is not liable for the cost of treatment or expenses incurred under the pilot program.  The facility may submit to the commission a request for reimbursement from the veterans recovery account for expenses incurred for the treatment.
(c)  A facility that elects to provide treatment under the pilot program shall submit to the commission regular reports, in the form prescribed by the commission, of the veteran's measured health improvements under the treatment plan.
(d)  The executive commissioner shall reimburse a facility for expenses the facility incurred in providing the hyperbaric oxygen treatment from the veterans recovery account if:
(1)  the treatment was provided according to the treatment plan approved by the commission;
(2)  the expenses do not exceed the amount reserved for the treatment under Section 49.005; and
(3)  the facility demonstrates in the reports described by Subsection (c) that the veteran is making measured health improvements.
(e)  If expenses for the treatment exceed funds reserved for the treatment under Section 49.005, the state and the veterans recovery account are not liable for the amount in excess of the reserved funds.
(f)  A facility may submit a modified treatment plan under Section 49.005 to request the reservation of funds in addition to funds reserved under the original treatment plan.
(g)  From money in the veterans recovery account, the executive commissioner shall reimburse a veteran required to travel to obtain treatment under the pilot program for the travel and living expenses approved by the commission in the treatment plan.  The expenses may not exceed the amount reserved for those expenses under Section 49.005.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 235 (H.B. 271), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.