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,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #ae1 #bjac   
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 ,loebsack7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i*
 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,arm$      
,s]vices  ,a ,,bill  ,to require !      
,secret>y ( ,def5se to develop &        
implem5t a plan to provide *iropractic  
heal? c>e s]vices & b5efits = c]ta9 new 
b5efici>ies z "p ( ! ,,tric>e program4  
#a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z 
! ,*iropractic ,heal? ,p>ity = ,milit>y 
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heal? c>e = retirees1 dep5d5ts1 &       
survivors  7a7 ,plan requir$ ,n lat] ?an
 ,augu/ #ca1 #bjac1 ! ,secret>y (       
,def5se %all complete developm5t ( a    
plan to provide *iropractic heal? c>e   
s]vices & b5efits1 z a p]man5t "p ( !   
,,tric>e program1 = cov]$ b5efici>ies4  
7b7 ,cont5ts ( plan ,! plan %all require
 t a contract ent]$ into "u section     
#ajig ( title #aj1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 
= ! deliv]y ( heal? c>e s]vices %all--  

7#a7 include ! deliv]y ( *iropractic    
s]vices2  7#b7 require t *iropractic    
s]vices may be provid$ only by a doctor 
( *iropractic2 &  7#c7 provide t a cov]$
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to a doctor ( *iropractic )\t ref]ral by
 ano!r heal? practition]4  7c7          
,implem5tation ( plan ,! plan develop$  
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implem5tation ( ! plan to beg9 no lat]  
?an ,janu>y #ca1 #bjad4  #c4 ,def9itions
 ,9 ?is ,act3  7#a7 ,! t]m *iropractic  
s]vices--  7,a7 includes diagnosis      
7includ+ by diagno/ic x-ray te/s71      
evaluation & managem5t1 & !rapeutic     
s]vices = ! treatm5t ( a pati5t's heal? 
condition1 includ+ neuromusculoskeletal 
conditions & ! subluxation complex1 &   
su* o!r s]vices det]m9$ appropriate by !
 ,secret>y & z au?oriz$ "u ,/ate law2 & 
7,b7 does n include ! use ( drugs or    
surg]y4  7#b7 ,! t]m cov]$ b5efici>y has
 ! mean+ provid$ by section #ajgb7e7 (  
title #aj1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code4  7#c7 ,!
 t]m doctor ( *iropractic means only a  

doctor ( *iropractic :o is lic5s$ z a   
doctor ( *iropractic1 *iropractic       
physician1 or *iropractor by a ,/ate1 ! 
,di/rict ( ,columbia1 or a t]ritory or  
possession ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates4  7#d7 ,!  
t]m ,,tric>e program has ! mean+ provid$
 by section #ajgb7g7 ( title #aj1 ,unit$
 ,/ates ,code4