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Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017

Introduced: March 13, 2017 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 2017
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299.
Mar 13, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 13, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017

This bill amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and services to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and clinics to be carried out at: (1) no fewer than 75 medical centers by December 31, 2018, and (2) all medical centers by December 31, 2020.

Chiropractic examinations and services are included within required VA medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health care services.

What's happening now May 17, 2017

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2251 Related bill Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act
  • HR 103 Related bill Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 11, 2017
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jul 20, 2017
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 13, 2017
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 13, 2017
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 13, 2017
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 13, 2017
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Mar 13, 2017
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 13, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 609: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-609/
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"S. 609: Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-609/.
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S. 609, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-609/.
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