TREAT PTSD VA Act

This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide stellate ganglion block, a type of injection treatment, to veterans enrolled in VA health care who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and choose the treatment after a qualified provider explains its risks and benefits. The VA could provide the treatment at its own facilities or through community care providers. Within 180 days, the VA would have to update its PTSD clinical practice guideline to list the treatment as an option and describe when it should and should not be used, and then notify the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees. The treatment requirement would take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Scott Perry Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors