S.Amdt. 839

SA 839. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. Moran) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 1790, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military

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activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 705. CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE SERVICES FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR CERTAIN COVERED
BENEFICIARIES.

(a) Plan Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
complete development of a plan to provide chiropractic health
care services and benefits for eligible covered beneficiaries
as a permanent part of the TRICARE program.
(b) Contents of Plan.--The plan developed under subsection
(a) shall require that a contract entered into under section
1097 of title 10, United States Code, for the delivery of
health care services shall--
(1) include the delivery of chiropractic services to
eligible covered beneficiaries;
(2) require that chiropractic services may be provided only
by a doctor of chiropractic; and
(3) provide that an eligible covered beneficiary may select
and have direct access to a doctor of chiropractic without
referral by another health practitioner.
(c) Implementation of Plan.--The plan developed under
subsection (a) shall provide for implementation of the plan
to begin not later than 60 days after the date on which the
plan is completed.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``chiropractic services''--
(A) includes diagnosis (including by diagnostic x-ray
tests), evaluation and management, and therapeutic services
for the treatment of a patient's health condition, including
neuromusculoskeletal conditions and the subluxation complex,
and such other services determined appropriate by the
Secretary of Defense and as authorized under State law; and
(B) does not include the use of drugs or surgery.
(2) The term ``covered beneficiary'' has the meaning given
that term in section 1072(5) of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term ``eligible covered beneficiary'' means a
covered beneficiary excluding a dependent of a member or
former member of a uniformed service.
(4) The term ``dependent'' has the meaning given that term
in section 1072(2) of title 10, United States Code.
(5) The term ``doctor of chiropractic'' means only a doctor
of chiropractic who is licensed as a doctor of chiropractic,
chiropractic physician, or chiropractor by a State, the
District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the
United States.
(6) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning given that
term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code.
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