Committee/Subcommittee: | Activity: | |
Senate Finance | Referral |
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Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 7/30/1999 | Sen Cleland, Max - 1/31/2000 |
Sen Cochran, Thad - 6/16/1999 | Sen Daschle, Thomas A. - 7/27/1999 |
Sen Dorgan, Byron L. - 10/15/1999 | Sen Grassley, Charles E. - 5/17/1999 |
Sen Hagel, Chuck - 10/28/1999 | Sen Harkin, Tom - 5/17/1999 |
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. - 5/17/1999 | Sen Helms, Jesse - 10/12/1999 |
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. - 11/5/1999 | Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 7/20/1999 |
Sen Robb, Charles S. - 9/28/1999 | Sen Thurmond, Strom - 10/26/1999 |
Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 7/12/1999 |
Declares that it is the sense of Congress that: (1) treatment by means of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation is a uniquely chiropractic service that Congress recognized in 1972 as a benefit under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; (2) it is the unequivocal intent of Congress to ensure that every individual enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice) has access to all covered services under Medicare part B; and (3) as a covered service under Medicare part B treatment by means of manual manipulation of the spine to correct a subluxation provided by a doctor of chiropractic is a covered service for individuals enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan.