Section 191.2605

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 191

Effective - 28 Aug 2025, see footnote   

  191.2605.  Definitions. — As used in sections 191.2600 to 191.2630, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Alternative therapies", any therapies for a condition that are not considered the standard or conventional therapies for that condition including, but not limited to, hyperbaric oxygen therapy;

  (2)  "Commission", the Missouri veterans commission;

  (3)  "Facility", a public or private health clinic, outpatient health clinic, community health center, or hospital to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy under sections 191.2600 to 191.2630;

  (4)  "Fund", the veterans traumatic brain injury treatment and recovery fund established in section 191.2615;

  (5)  "Health care practitioner", a person who is licensed to provide medical or other health care in this state and who has prescriptive authority including, but not limited to, a physician;

  (6)  "Hyperbaric oxygen therapy" or "therapy", treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury that is based on a valid prescription from a health care practitioner and that is delivered through:

  (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;

  (7)  "Physician", a person licensed to practice medicine in this state under chapter 334;

  (8)  "Posttraumatic stress disorder", a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event, such as by either experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, including, but not limited to, military sexual trauma, or as a secondary sequela to body trauma;

  (9)  "Traumatic brain injury", an acquired injury to the brain.  The term traumatic brain injury does not include brain dysfunction caused by a congenital or degenerative disorder or birth trauma;

  (10)  "Veteran", any person defined as a veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency.

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(L. 2025 H.B. 262)