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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
appropriation; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans
Purpose
Appropriates $3,640,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund (Fund).
Background
The Fund consists of private donations, grants, bequests and any other monies and is administered by the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) to provide financial assistance to veterans for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Advisory Committee, with members consisting of the Director of ADVS and four Governor appointees who must be National Guard unit commanders, doctors or active or retired military personnel, must: 1) determine how to award monies from the Fund; 2) establish the application process for financial assistance and revise as necessary; and 3) make other recommendations as necessary. ADVS may seek a reimbursement of Fund monies that are used to pay for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for a veteran if the therapy was fully or partially covered by private insurance or any other entity (A.R.S. § 41-610.01).
S.B. 1065 appropriates $3,640,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $3,640,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 22, 2026
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