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115th Congress
Senate
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Veterans' medical care
Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299.
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