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

1. (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. (2) "Commission", the Missouri veterans commission;
3. (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. (4) "Fund", the veterans traumatic brain injury treatment and recovery fund established in section 191.2615;
5. (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. (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:

   1. (a) A hyperbaric chamber approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; or
   2. (b) A hyperbaric oxygen device that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;
7. (7) "Physician", a person licensed to practice medicine in this state under chapter 334;
8. (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. (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. (10) "Veteran", any person defined as a veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency.

(L. 2025 H.B. 262)