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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 921
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, 2013
Mr. Michaud
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’
Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care
Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require
the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department
of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and
services.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Chiropractic Care Available to All
Veterans Act.
2.
Program for
provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans
Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans
Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is
amended—
(1) by inserting
(1) before The program; and
(2) by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(2) The program shall be carried out at
not fewer than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 2014, and at
all medical centers by not later than December 31,
2016.
.
3.
Expanded chiropractor
services available to veterans
(a)
Medical
services
Paragraph (6) of section 1701 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(H) Chiropractic
services.
.
(b)
Rehabilitative
services
Paragraph (8) of such section is amended by inserting
chiropractic, after counseling,.
(c)
Preventive
health services
Paragraph (9) of such section is amended—
(1) by redesignating
subparagraphs (F) through (K) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), respectively;
and
(2) by inserting after
subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph (F):
(F) periodic and preventative chiropractic
examinations and
services;
.