Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9150 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9150

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to provide coverage for boxing-based exercise classes
 for veterans diagnosed with certain movement disorders, and for other
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2026

  Mr. LaHood (for himself and Ms. Budzinski) introduced the following
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to provide coverage for boxing-based exercise classes
 for veterans diagnosed with certain movement disorders, 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 ``Boxing Therapy for Parkinson's
Access Act''.

SEC. 2. BOXING-BASED EXERCISE CLASSES FOR TREATMENT OF VETERANS
              DIAGNOSED WITH CERTAIN MOVEMENT DISORDERS.

    (a) Coverage.--Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section
(and conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
accordingly):
``Sec. 1720M. Boxing-based exercise classes for treatment of certain
              movement disorders
    ``(a) Classes.--In furnishing medical services under this chapter,
the Secretary shall furnish boxing-based exercise classes to a veteran
(through the provision of such classes to the veteran at a medical
facility of the Department or the reimbursement for such classes
provided to the veteran at a non-Department facility) if the veteran--
            ``(1) is enrolled in the health care system established
        under section 1705(a) of this title;
            ``(2) has been diagnosed with a covered movement disorder;
        and
            ``(3) elects to participate in such classes for the purpose
        of treating the covered movement disorder with which the
        veteran has been diagnosed.
    ``(b) Covered Movement Disorder Defined.--In this section, the term
`covered movement disorder' means Parkinson's disease or a similar
movement disorder.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to medical services furnished on or after the date
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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