Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act
Latest action · Feb 6, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 13, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than August 31, 2009, to complete development of a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits, as a permanent part of the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense managed health care program), for covered beneficiaries. Requires plan implementation by January 31, 2010.
Cosponsors 46
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2009 to Jun 28, 2010; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Jan 13, 2009 |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Feb 3, 2009 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Feb 12, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Feb 26, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Mar 2, 2009 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Mar 6, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Mar 9, 2009 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Mar 18, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Mar 18, 2009 | |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Mar 18, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Mar 18, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Apr 28, 2009 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Apr 28, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Apr 28, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 18, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | May 18, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Sep 10, 2009 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 24, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Oct 7, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Oct 29, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Mar 11, 2010 | |
| R-AL | Parker Griffith | Mar 19, 2010 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Apr 28, 2010 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 11, 2010 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Jun 28, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 13, 2009 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Feb 6, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jan 13, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits for certain new beneficiaries as part of the TRICARE program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
