,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iaej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjbf,mr4  
,la,hood 7for himself and ,ms4          
,budzinski7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to direct the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs to provide        
coverage for boxing-based exercise      
classes for veterans diagnosed with     
certain movement disorders1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,boxing        
,therapy for ,parkinson's ,access ,act4 
#b4 ,boxing-based exercise classes for  
treatment of veterans diagnosed with    
certain movement disorders  7a7         
,coverage ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter   
#ag of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new section 7and conforming   
the table of sections at the beginning  
of such chapter accordingly73  #agbj,m4 

,boxing-based exercise classes for      
treatment of certain movement disorders 
7a7 ,classes ,in furnishing medical     
services under this chapter1 the        
,secretary shall furnish boxing-based   
exercise classes to a veteran 7through  
the provision of such classes to the    
veteran at a medical facility of the    
,department or the reimbursement for    
such classes provided to the veteran at 
a non-,department facility7 if the      
veteran-- 7#a7 is enrolled in the health
 care system established under section  
#agje7;a7 of this title2  7#b7 has been 
diagnosed with a covered movement       
disorder2 and  7#c7 elects to           
participate in such classes for the     
purpose of treating the covered movement
 disorder with which the veteran has    
been diagnosed4  7b7 ,covered movement  
disorder defined ,in this section1 the  
term covered movement disorder means    
,parkinson's disease or a similar       
movement disorder4  4  7b7              
,applicability ,the amendments made by  

subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to medical services furnished on or     
after the date that is #ahj days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act4