116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of medical services and facilities, and for other purposes.
July 31, 2019
Mr. Udall (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tester, Mr. Rounds, and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of medical services and facilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act of 2019”.
SEC. 2. Sharing arrangements with Federal agencies.
Section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “urban Indian organizations,” before “and tribal organizations”; and
(A) by inserting “urban Indian organization,” before “or tribal organization”; and
(B) by inserting “an urban Indian organization,” before “or a tribal organization”.