3.0.0 2914 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z Senate S 2019-11-20 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-20T20:59:58Z Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act 116 1182 HR 2019-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2019-11-20 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodies Alternative treatments Health personnel Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-09T16:23:55Z Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide qualified acupuncturist services to veterans enrolled in the VA health care system. A qualified acupuncturist is an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise accredited and may be appointed as an employee of the VA or as a contractor.

The VA shall carry out such program in at least one VA facility in each Veterans Integrated Service Network (regional VA health care administrative areas) in both urban and rural areas.

The bill requires the VA to establish the Advisory Committee on Acupuncturist Services, which must advise the VA on governing protocols and review and evaluate the ability of a veteran to access an acupuncturist at VA facilities.

]]> Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act of 2019 Display Title Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Acupuncture for Our Heroes Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure access to acupuncturist services through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2914is/xml/BILLS-116s2914is.xml 2019-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.