2026 House Bill 5456

Military affairs: other; hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program; establish.

A bill to create a hyperbaric oxygen therapy grant program and pilot program for providing treatment to veterans with traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; and to require the promulgation of rules.

Official record

AI Analysis – Experimental

House Bills 5456 and 5457 establish a three-year pilot and grant program, along with a dedicated state fund, to provide free hyperbaric oxygen therapy to Michigan veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury or PTSD, setting provider standards, funding limits, and oversight requirements under the administration of the Department of Health and Human Services, contingent on related legislation.

Introduced in the House

Jan. 15, 2026

Introduced by Rep. Kathy Schmaltz (R-46) and 25 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Doug Wozniak (R-59), Bill Schuette (R-95), Mike Hoadley (R-99), Phil Green (R-67), Rylee Linting (R-27), Ron Robinson (R-58), Jason Woolford (R-50), Joseph Pavlov (R-64), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Pat Outman (R-91), Brian BeGole (R-71), John Roth (R-104), Timothy Beson (R-96), Steve Frisbie (R-44), Karl Bohnak (R-109), Greg Markkanen (R-110), Brad Paquette (R-37), Tom Kunse (R-100), Mai Xiong (D-13), Donavan McKinney (D-11), Mike Harris (R-52), Angela Rigas (R-79), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Gina Johnsen (R-78) and Jaime Greene (R-65)

Referred to the Committee on Families and Veterans