[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1204 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1204

   To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs 
 Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care 
and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
                    centers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 8, 2009

  Mrs. Murray introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs 
 Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care 
and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
                    centers, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Chiropractic Care Available to All 
Veterans Act of 2009''.

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 (Public Law 107-135; 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, 2009, and at all medical centers 
by not later than December 31, 2011.''.
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