[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4421 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4421

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a division of 
  chiropractic services in the Veterans Health Administration of the 
   Department of Veterans Affairs and to authorize the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to employ chiropractors for service within facilities 
                          of that department.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

  Mr. Evans (for himself, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
 McDermott, Mr. Manton, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, 
  Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Norton, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
 Rangel, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Leach, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
   Thompson, and Mr. Goode) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a division of 
  chiropractic services in the Veterans Health Administration of the 
   Department of Veterans Affairs and to authorize the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to employ chiropractors for service within facilities 
                          of that department.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Chiropractic Care Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. CHIROPRACTIC CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) New Division in Veterans Health Administration.--Section 7305 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
        paragraph (7):
            ``(7) A Chiropractic Service.''.
    (b) Employment of Chiropractors.--(1) Section 7401(1) of such title 
is amended by inserting ``chiropractors,'' after ``optometrists,''.
    (2) Section 7402(b) of such title is amended--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) as 
        paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and
            (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(7) Chiropractor.--To be eligible to be appointed to a 
chiropractic position, a person must--
            ``(A) hold the degree of doctor of chiropractic from a 
        chiropractic college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic 
        Education and approved by the Secretary; and
            ``(B) be licensed to practice chiropractic in a State.''.
    (3) Section 7403(a)(2) of such title is amended--
            (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G) as 
        subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), respectively; and
            (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new 
        subparagraph:
            ``(E) Chiropractors.''.
    (4) The table in section 7404(b)(1) of such title is amended by 
striking out the following:

                   ``physician and dentist schedule''

and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

           ``physician, dentist, and chiropractor schedule''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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