Keep Your Chiropractor Act

Bill: 114-hr-3745
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2015-10-09
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency

Health personnel

Medicare

Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Keep Your Chiropractor Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that, with respect to the use of private contracts between Medicare beneficiaries and physicians, a "physician" includes a licensed chiropractor.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3745 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 9, 2015 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow chiropractors to provide items and services through private contracts under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Your Chiropractor Act . 2. Allowing chiropractors to provide items and services through private contracts (a) In general Section 1802(b)(5)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395a(b)(5)(B) ) is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of section 1861(r) and inserting section 1861(r) . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered into on and after the date of enactment of this Act.