[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1705 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1705

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain forms of 
              physical therapy under the TRICARE program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2013

Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mr. Cotton) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for certain forms of 
              physical therapy under the TRICARE program.

    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 ``Rehabilitative Therapy Parity for 
Military Beneficiaries Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN FORMS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY UNDER TRICARE.

    Section 1077 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(17), by inserting ``In accordance 
        with subsection (g),'' before ``Any''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Rehabilitative therapy provided pursuant to subsection 
(a)(17) may include additional therapeutic exercises or therapeutic 
activities if such exercises or activities are included in the 
authorized individual plan of care of the individual receiving such 
therapy. Such exercises or activities may include, in addition to other 
therapeutic exercises or therapeutic activities, therapies provided on 
a horse, balance board, ball, bolster, and bench.''.
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