H.R. 917 · 109th Congress
BACK Veterans Health bill
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Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Healthy ( BACK Veterans Health) Act - Includes chiropractic services and counseling, as well as periodic and preventative chiropractic examinations and services, among the medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health services available to veterans.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 17, 2005
Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Healthy ( BACK Veterans Health) Act - Includes chiropractic services and counseling, as well as periodic and preventative chiropractic examinations and services, among the medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health services available to veterans.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit eligible veterans to receive medical, rehabilitative, and preventative health services from a licensed doctor of chiropractic on a direct access basis at the election of the veteran, if such services are within the State scope of practice of such doctor. Prohibits the Secretary from discriminating among licensed health-care providers in the determination of needed services.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Healthy Act (BACK Veterans Health Act)
Latest action (Apr 12, 2005): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E625)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 17, 2005
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No recorded floor vote found.