Sec. 49.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Facility" includes a hospital, public health clinic, outpatient health clinic, community health center, and any other facility authorized under commission rules to provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment under this chapter.

(2) "Health care practitioner" means a person who is licensed to provide medical or other health care in this state and who has prescriptive authority, including a physician.

(3) "Hyperbaric oxygen treatment" means treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder or a traumatic brain injury prescribed by a health care practitioner and delivered in:

(A) a hyperbaric chamber approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; or

(B) a hyperbaric oxygen device that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for investigational use under the direction of an institutional review board with a national clinical trial number.

(4) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine by the Texas Medical Board.

(5) "Pilot program" means the Veterans Recovery Pilot Program established under this chapter.

(6) "Traumatic brain injury" means an acquired injury to the brain. The term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or degenerative disorders or birth trauma.

(7) "Veteran" means an individual who has served in:

(A) an active or reserve component of the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of the United States; or

(B) the Texas National Guard as defined by Section 431.001(4), Government Code.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 235 (H.B. 271), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.