S.1147 - Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2011
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 service to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes.
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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, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ AffairsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 2012, and at all medical centers by not later than December 31, 2014.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of S.1147 as Introduced in Senate Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2011
