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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. 

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. ROSLEHTINEN, 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. SA ́NCHEZ 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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chiropractic Care 

5 Available to All Veterans Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC 

7 CARE AND SERVICES TO VETERANS. 

8 Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

9 Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 

10 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended— 

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The program’’; 

12 and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer 

16 than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 

17 2010, and at all medical centers by not later than Decem18 ber 31, 2012.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. EXPANDED CHIROPRACTOR SERVICES AVAILABLE 

20 TO VETERANS. 

21 (a) MEDICAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (6) of section 

22 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add23 ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(G) Chiropractic services.’’. 


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1 (b) REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.—Paragraph (8) of 

2 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘chiropractic,’’ after 

3 ‘‘counseling,’’. 

4 (c) PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.—Paragraph 

5 (9) of such section is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

7 through (K) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), re8 spectively; and 

9 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol10 lowing new subparagraph (F): 

11 ‘‘(F) periodic and preventative chiropractic ex12 aminations and services;’’. 

13 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chiropractic Care Avail15 able to All Veterans Act’’. 

16 SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE 

17 AND SERVICES TO VETERANS. 

18 Section 204(c) of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

19 Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 (38 

20 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended— 

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The program’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following new para24 graph: 


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1 ‘‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not fewer 

2 than 75 medical centers by not later than December 31, 

3 2011, and at all medical centers by not later than December 

4 31, 2013.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. EXPANDED CHIROPRACTOR SERVICES AVAILABLE 

6 TO VETERANS. 

7 (a) MEDICAL SERVICES.—Paragraph (6) of section 

8 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(H) Chiropractic services.’’. 

11 (b) REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.—Paragraph (8) of 

12 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘chiropractic,’’ after 

13 ‘‘counseling,’’. 

14 (c) PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.—Paragraph (9) 

15 of such section is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through 

17 (K) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), respectively; 

18 and 

19 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol20 lowing new subparagraph (F): 

21 ‘‘(F) periodic and preventative chiropractic ex22 aminations and services;’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 276 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1017 

[Report No. 111–488] 

A BILL 

To amend the Department of Veterans Affairs 

care and services. medical centers and to expand access to such veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs the provision of chiropractic care and services to 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 

MAY 20, 2010 

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


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