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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Fund — a State Fund for Veterans, Funded by Donations

A.R.S. § 41-610.01 establishes the hyperbaric oxygen therapy for military veterans fund inside the Department of Veterans’ Services, made up of private donations, grants, bequests and other monies. The department director chairs an advisory committee and determines the awards, and the department may seek reimbursement where the therapy is later paid for by insurance.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

A.R.S. § 41-610.01 establishes the hyperbaric oxygen therapy for military veterans fund inside the Department of Veterans’ Services, made up of private donations, grants, bequests and other monies. The department director chairs an advisory committee and determines the awards, and the department may seek reimbursement where the therapy is later paid for by insurance.

What it's worth: Assistance towards hyperbaric oxygen therapy, from a donation-funded state fund — no amount set by statute

  • The section establishes "the hyperbaric oxygen therapy for military veterans fund", consisting of private donations, grants, bequests and any other monies.
  • The statute directs the fund to assist veterans with hyperbaric oxygen therapy but sets no eligibility conditions beyond veteran status in the section itself.
  • The advisory committee consists of the department director or the director’s designee plus four members appointed by the governor from among National Guard commanders, physicians, and active or retired military personnel. The director serves as chairperson and oversees award determinations and the application process.
  • The department may seek reimbursement where the cost of the therapy was subsequently covered by private insurance or another entity.
  • The section sets no monetary cap, no per-person award and no sunset date, so no figure is published here.
  • Because the fund is made of donations, grants and bequests rather than an appropriation, whether money is available in a given year is a question for the department.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served, which is what this route is written around.
  • Your home is in Arizona.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Ask the department whether the fund currently holds money before building a treatment plan around it. It is made up of private donations, grants and bequests, not an appropriation.
  2. 2Ask for the application process by reference to the statute. A.R.S. § 41-610.01 puts the application process and the award determination in the hands of the department director as chairperson.
  3. 3Have the clinical case ready. Four of the five committee seats go to National Guard commanders, physicians, and active or retired military personnel, and the committee is who the case is made to.
  4. 4Check your insurance position honestly. The department may seek reimbursement where the cost of the therapy is subsequently covered by private insurance or another entity, so a later payout does not become a windfall.
  5. 5Do not confuse this with VA-provided care. This is an Arizona fund administered by the state department, separate from anything the federal VA authorises.
  6. 6Ask what the current award ceiling is. The statute names none, which means the answer is set administratively rather than by law.
Form
Application process prescribed by the department director
File with
Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionThis is not on the department’s benefits landing pages and does not appear in the usual Arizona veteran benefit round-ups. It exists in the Revised Statutes, and asking for it by section number is the way to be taken seriously.
Worth knowingA donation-funded statutory fund is not the same as an entitlement. The statute obliges the department to run the fund and its committee; it does not oblige anyone to put money in it.
Known gapNo application form, award ceiling, clinical criteria or current balance was read this session. Every one of those is set administratively.

Sources

Why only one source type: The section creates the fund, its committee, its award process and its reimbursement right in one place; the department publishes no programme page for it that was found this session, and the operating detail is recorded as a gap rather than guessed at.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.