Urban Indian Health Parity Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1180 To extend the full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 11, 2019 Mr. UDALL (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. TESTER, and Ms. WARREN) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Fi- nance A BILL To extend the full Federal medical assistance percentage to urban Indian organizations. 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 ‘‘Urban Indian Health 4 Parity Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Apr 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1180.IS S1180 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 1180 IS SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSIST- 1 ANCE PERCENTAGE TO URBAN INDIAN ORGA- 2 NIZATIONS. 3 Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 4 1396d(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Indian Health Care 5 Improvement Act)’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian Health Care 6 Improvement Act) or through an Urban Indian organiza- 7 tion (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care 8 Improvement Act) pursuant to a grant or contract with 9 the Indian Health Service under title V of the Indian 10 Health Care Improvement Act’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Apr 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1180.IS S1180 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS