Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2013
Latest action · May 9, 2013 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-203.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2013 - 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, 2014, and (2) all medical centers by December 31, 2016.
Includes chiropractic examinations and services within required VA medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health care services.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2013 to Jul 31, 2013; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Feb 28, 2013 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Feb 28, 2013 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Feb 28, 2013 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 28, 2013 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 28, 2013 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 28, 2013 |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Original | Feb 28, 2013 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Mar 22, 2013 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | May 9, 2013 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jun 24, 2013 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jul 8, 2013 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Jul 31, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2013Hearings May 9, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2013Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-203.
- Feb 28, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Feb 28, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-203 | HEARING ON PENDING HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION143 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 9, 2013 |
| S. Hrg. 113-403 | THE FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS271 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 15, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 921 | Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act | Related bill | Mar 8, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2013Introduced in Senate
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.
