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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2662: Establishing a veterans recovery program and fund for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans, and making appropriations

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes a veterans recovery program, administered by the department of veterans affairs (department) for the reimbursement of expenses related to providing hyperbaric oxygen treatment to eligible veterans.1 establishes definitions applicable to the new Code chapter, including definitions for “commission”, “department”, “health care practitioner”, “hyperbaric oxygen treatment”, “traumatic brain injury”, “treatment facility”, and “veteran”. Specifically, the bill defines “hyperbaric oxygen treatment” as treatment, including diagnostic testing and other related medical treatments, for traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder prescribed by a health care practitioner that utilizes a hard-sided or soft-sided hyperbaric oxygen chamber.

Sponsors

Rep. Brooke Boden (R), Rep. Helena Hayes (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named March 31, 2026

  • Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R) · brian.lohse@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ann Meyer (R) · ann.meyer@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Ross Wilburn (D) · ross.wilburn@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 23, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Appropriations committee
  2. March 31, 2026House subcommittee named: Lohse, Meyer, A. and Wilburn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF2662