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2019 SESSION

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HB 541 Veterans, certain; alternative treatment options.

Introduced by: Nicholas J. Freitas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Alternative treatment options for certain veterans; report. Directs the Department of Veterans Services to consider the efficacy of alternative treatments available for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder and report its findings and conclusions to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health. The bill defines "alternative treatment" as a therapeutic service that (i) is not part of the standard of medical care established by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for treating traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder but has been shown by at least one scientific or medical peer-reviewed study to have some positive effect on traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder and (ii) is provided at the direction and under the supervision of an individual licensed by the Board of Medicine, Nursing, Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100200D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/12/18  House: Printed as engrossed 18100200D-E  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/08/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100200D
• 01/08/18  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/17/18  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/25/18  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (10-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/18  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/18  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/02/18  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
• 02/08/18  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/18  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/18  House: Read first time
• 02/12/18  House: Read second time
• 02/12/18  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/12/18  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB541E
• 02/12/18  House: Printed as engrossed 18100200D-E
• 02/13/18  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/18  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/18  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/18  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/16/18  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
• 03/01/18  Senate: Continued to 2019 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 11/30/18  Senate: Left in Education and Health