Improving Access to Indian Health Services Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1888 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a Federal medical assistance percentage of 100 percent for Indian health care providers, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 12, 2021 Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a Federal medical assistance percentage of 100 percent for Indian health care providers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Access to 4 Indian Health Services Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1888.IH H1888 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1888 IH SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSIST- 1 ANCE PERCENTAGE TO INDIAN HEALTH 2 CARE PROVIDERS. 3 Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 4 1396d) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 6 (9) to read as follows: 7 ‘‘(9) clinic services furnished by or under the 8 direction of a physician, without regard to whether 9 the clinic itself is administered by a physician, in- 10 cluding— 11 ‘‘(A) such services furnished outside the 12 clinic by clinic personnel to an eligible indi- 13 vidual who does not reside in a permanent 14 dwelling or does not have a fixed home or mail- 15 ing address; and 16 ‘‘(B) such services furnished outside the 17 clinic by any Indian Health Service facility, a 18 health program or facility operated by a tribe or 19 tribal organization under the Indian Self-Deter- 20 mination Act (Public Law 93–638), or an 21 urban Indian organization receiving funds 22 under title V of the Indian Health Care Im- 23 provement Act;’’; and 24 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘Papa 25 Ola Lokahi under section 8 of such Act’’ the fol- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1888.IH H1888 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1888 IH lowing: ‘‘; the Federal medical assistance percentage 1 shall also be 100 per centum with respect to 2 amounts expended as medical assistance for services 3 which are received by an Indian Health Service facil- 4 ity, a health program or facility operated by a tribe 5 or tribal organization under the Indian Self-Deter- 6 mination Act (Public Law 93–638), or an urban In- 7 dian organization receiving funds under title V of 8 the Indian Health Care Improvement Act’’. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1888.IH H1888 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS