Acupuncture for Heroes and Seniors Act of 2015
Latest action · Nov 23, 2015 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.
- IntroducedOct 28, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Acupuncture for Heroes and Seniors Act of 2015
This bill provides access to qualified acupuncturist services for: (1) military members and their dependents under the TRICARE program, and (2) veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.
The VA shall carry out such program at in at least one VA facility in each Veterans Integrated Service Network in both urban and rural areas.
Qualifying acupuncturists may be appointed as commissioned officers in the: (1) Acupuncture Section of the Medical Service Corps of the Army, (2) Medical Service Corps of the Navy, and (3) Air Force (designated as biomedical science officers).
The VA shall establish the Advisory Committee on Acupuncturist Services.
Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended to provide Medicare coverage for acupuncturist services.
The Public Health Service Act is amended to make acupuncturists eligible for appointment as officers in the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 2, 2015 to Sep 26, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Nov 2, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sep 12, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 12, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Sep 26, 2016 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 30, 2015 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2015 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Nov 23, 2015 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 6, 2015 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 28, 2015 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Nov 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 30, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 28, 2015Introduced in House
- Oct 28, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7266)
- Oct 28, 2015Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Oct 28, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 159, October 28, 2015, page H7332.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure access to qualified acupuncturist services for military members and military dependents, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure access to acupuncturist services through the Department of Veterans Affairs, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under the Medicare program; to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the appointment of qualified acupuncturists as officers in the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Acupuncture for Heroes and Seniors Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2015Introduced 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.
