Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act of 2019

II Calendar No. 388 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2365 [Report No. 116–180] To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of med- ical services and facilities, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 31, 2019 Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. ROUNDS, Ms. SMITH, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. SINEMA, and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on In- dian Affairs DECEMBER 18, 2019 Reported by Mr. HOEVEN, without amendment A BILL To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to au- thorize urban Indian organizations to enter into arrange- ments for the sharing of medical services and facilities, 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:08 Dec 19, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2365.RS S2365 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2365 RS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Care Access 2 for Urban Native Veterans Act of 2019’’. 3 SEC. 2. SHARING ARRANGEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGEN- 4 CIES. 5 Section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 6 Act (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended— 7 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘urban In- 8 dian organizations,’’ before ‘‘and tribal organiza- 9 tions’’; and 10 (2) in subsection (c)— 11 (A) by inserting ‘‘urban Indian organiza- 12 tion,’’ before ‘‘or tribal organization’’; and 13 (B) by inserting ‘‘an urban Indian organi- 14 zation,’’ before ‘‘or a tribal organization’’. 15 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:08 Dec 19, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2365.RS S2365 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:08 Dec 19, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2365.RS S2365 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 388 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2365 [Report No. 116–180] A BILL To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of med- ical services and facilities, and for other pur- poses. DECEMBER 18, 2019 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:08 Dec 19, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S2365.RS S2365 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS