Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make chiropractic personnel eligible for appointment in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Surgeon General to ensure that Doctors of Chiropractic are trained, equipped, and otherwise prepared to fulfill public health and emergency response service responsibilities in the Commissioned Corps.
Requires the President to appoint no fewer than six Doctors of Chiropractic into the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve Corps.
Directs the Surgeon General to submit a quarterly report to the relevant congressional committees on measures taken by the President, Surgeon General, and the Secretary to carry out this Act.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 171 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 171
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize appointment of
Doctors of Chiropractic to regular and reserve corps of the Public
Health Service Commissioned Corps, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2013
Mr. Gene Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize appointment of
Doctors of Chiropractic to regular and reserve corps of the Public
Health Service Commissioned Corps, and for other purposes.
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 Membership in the
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
COMMISSIONED CORPS.
(a) Appointment of Personnel.--Section 207(a)(1) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209(a)(1)) is amended by inserting
``chiropractic,'' after ``nursing,''.
(b) Authorization of Appointment of Doctors of Chiropractic.--
Section 207 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Appointment of Doctors of Chiropractic.--Doctors of
Chiropractic who are graduates of colleges of chiropractic whose
graduates are eligible for licensure to practice chiropractic in a
majority of the States of the United States, or approved by a body or
bodies acceptable to the Secretary, shall be eligible for appointment
as officers in the commissioned Regular Corps and the Ready Reserve
Corps of the Public Health Service. The Secretary and the Surgeon
General shall ensure that such Doctors of Chiropractic are trained,
equipped, and otherwise prepared to fulfill applicable public health
and emergency response service responsibilities in the Commissioned
Corps.''.
(c) Required Placement of Doctors of Chiropractic Into Public
Health Service Commissioned Corps.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with
the Surgeon General and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, shall commence the appointment of no fewer than 6
Doctors of Chiropractic into the commissioned Regular Corps and
the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service.
(2) Reports.--The Surgeon General shall submit to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Health Education Labor and
Pensions of the Senate quarterly reports on all measures taken
by the President, the Surgeon General, and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to carry out the provisions of this
Act, including the amendments made by this Act. The first such
report shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Out of the total aggregate
appropriations made available to the Department of Health and Human
Services through annual appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2014,
2015, 2016, and 2017, $1,500,000 is authorized and shall be made
available in each of such fiscal years only for the salaries and
expenses necessary to carry out this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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