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[H.R. 1017 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 276
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1017

                          [Report No. 111-488]

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2009

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                              May 20, 2010

     Additional sponsors: Mr. Michaud, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Gordon of 
   Tennessee, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Walz, Ms. Ros-
 Lehtinen, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Braley 
  of Iowa, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Herseth 
   Sandlin, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Courtney, Ms. 
 Berkley, Mr. Latham, Mr. Terry, Mr. Rooney, Ms. Titus, Mr. Heinrich, 
  Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Himes, Mr. Rodriguez, Mrs. 
  Halvorson, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Israel, Mr. Hastings of 
  Florida, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Schock, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. 
          Kirk, Mr. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Roskam

                              May 20, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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                                 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.


 


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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Chiropractic Care Available 
to All Veterans Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND 
              SERVICES TO VETERANS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The program''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer than 
75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 2010, and at all 
medical centers by not later than December 31, 2012.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EXPANDED CHIROPRACTOR SERVICES AVAILABLE TO 
              VETERANS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(G) Chiropractic services.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Rehabilitative Services.--Paragraph (8) of such 
section is amended by inserting ``chiropractic,'' after 
``counseling,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Preventive Health Services.--Paragraph (9) of such 
section is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (K) 
        as subparagraphs (G) through (L), respectively; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 
        following new subparagraph (F):</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(F) periodic and preventative chiropractic 
        examinations and services;''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chiropractic Care Available to All 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 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, 2011, and at all medical centers 
by not later than December 31, 2013.''.

SEC. 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;''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 276

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1017

                          [Report No. 111-488]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 20, 2010

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed