H R 329. the Chiropractic Care to All Veterans Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA), would require the VA to have a chiropractic physician on staff at all major VA medical facilities by 2014. It would also amend the current statute, the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001, ensuring that chiropractic benefits are included in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations and therefore, cannot be denied. Read more https:// www.acatoday.org/pdf/NCLC201 lVA_IssueBrief.pdf and http:// members.chiropractic.org/asset/docs/HR329ICAPACRelease.pdf HR 409. the Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act, introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), would require the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to allow any beneficiary covered under TRICARE to select and have direct access to a chiropractic physician. The plan deadline is Aug. 31,2011. Currently, only active duty members are afforded the chiropractic benefit. Read more https://www.acatoday.org/pdf/NCLC201 lTri-Care_IssueBrief.pdf and http://members.chiropractic.org/asset/ docs/HR409NewsRelease2011 .pdf HR 531. the Access to Frontline Health Care Act, introduced by Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA), would establish a new program that would help chiropractic physicians and other select health care providers repay their student loans if, in exchange, the providers establish and maintain practices in medically underserved areas. Read more http://www.acatoday.org/pdf/nclc201 l_frontline_issu-ebrief.pdf and http://members.chiropractic.org/asset/docs/HR5311-CANewsRelease.pdf HR 664. the Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act, introduced by Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), would also benefit the public and the profession by requiring the inclusion of chiropractic physicians in the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps. The Commissioned Coips is an elite team of more than 6,000 well-trained, highly qualified public health professionals dedicated to delivering the nation's public health promotion and disease prevention programs and advancing public health science. Read more http://www. acatoday.org/pdf/nclc201 l_phsissuebrief.pdf and http://members. chiropractic.org/asset/docs/HR664ICANewsRelease.pdf S 1147. the Chiropractic Care to All Veterans Act, introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), is the Senate companion bill to HR 329, above. Read more http://www.acatoday.org/press_css. cfm?CID=4475 and http://members.chiropractic.org/asset/docs/ S1147NewsRelease.pdf Continue on page 57 » » From page 8 ACTION NEEDED: The Chiropractic Summit Government Relations Committee requests that all doctors of chiropractic and their patients contact their congressional representatives and urge them to cosponsor all of these bills. The more cosponsors we have on these bills, and the more support we build, the greater the likelihood of getting this legislation passed into law. Please contact your representative in Washington TODAY by using the ChiroVoice Legislative Action Center http://www.acatoday.org/lac, or Adjust the Vote http://www.adjustthevote.org/.
