HR 1046 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1046
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
reimbursement under the Medicare Program for all physicians' services furnished
by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 1999
Mr. WATKINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
reimbursement under the Medicare Program for all physicians' services furnished
by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Chiropractic Patients' Freedom of Choice Act
of 1999'.
SEC. 2. PROVIDING MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL PHYSICIANS' SERVICES
FURNISHED BY DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR LICENSE.
(a) IN GENERAL- Clause (5) of section 1861(r) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(r)) is amended to read as follows: `(5) a doctor of
chiropractic who is licensed as such by the State and who meets uniform
minimum standards promulgated by the Secretary, with respects to treatment by
means of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation, and
related diagnostic and therapeutic services as identified in subsection (s),
but only with the respect to functions which he or she is legally authorized
to perform by the State in which he or she performs such functions.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to
services furnished on or after January 1, 2000.
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