President Signs Veterans' Health Bill
January 25, 2002 - President Bush Jan. 23 signed the H.R.
3447, the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement
Act, authorizing an additional $1.4 billion to expand and strengthen
health care benefits for the nation's veterans. Included in this expansion
is a new requirement for the VA health care system to provide chiropractic
services, and a requirement that each VISN provides for the specialized
treatment and rehabilitative needs of veterans in the areas of mental
illness and substance abuse, spinal cord injury, prosthetics and traumatic
brain injury. Additional provisions in the law establish a National
Commission on VA Nursing, and reduce co-payments for hospital inpatient
care for low-income veterans.
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