Bill Summary for H 572 (2025-2026)

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Mar 27 2025

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 572 (Public) Filed Thursday, March 27, 2025
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS TO SELECT A PROVIDER TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE PILOT PROGRAM TO MAKE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM COMBINED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION TREATMENT AVAILABLE FOR VETERANS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.
Intro. by Willis, B. Jones, Campbell, Chesser.

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Requires the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (Department) to select a provider to establish a Statewide pilot program to make eTMS available for veterans, first responders, and their immediate family members experiencing one or more of the nine listed conditions, including substance use disorders, mental illness, sleep disorders, and sexual trauma. Defines eTMS (Electroencephalogram combined Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment) as treatment in which transcranial magnetic stimulation frequency pulses are tuned to the patient's physiology and biometric data. Defines veteran as a person who (1) served in the US Armed Forces on active duty, for reasons other than training, and has been discharged under other than dishonorable conditions, (2) served in a reserve component, and (3) served in the National Guard of any state.

Requires the program’s provider to display a history of serving veteran and first responder populations statewide. Requires establishment of a network for in-person and off-site care with the goal of providing statewide access. Allows the provider to use nonmedical portable magnetic stimulation devices to improve access to underserved populations in remote areas or to be used to serve as a pre-post treatment or a stand-alone device and requires establishing and operating a clinical practice and to evaluate outcomes of such clinical practice.

Sets out minimum program components, including requiring that protocols and outcomes of any treatment provided by the clinical practice be collected and reported by the provider not later than September 15, 2026, to the Department and specified NCGA committee and division.

Allows the Department to adopt rules to implement the provisions of this act.