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134 STAT. 4927
PUBLIC LAW 116–311—JAN. 5, 2021
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6237:
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116–569, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
Nov. 16, considered and passed House.
Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate.
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Public Law 116–311
116th Congress
An Act
To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to clarify the requirement
of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to reimburse
the Indian Health Service for certain health care services.
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 ‘‘Proper and Reimbursed Care
for Native Veterans Act’’ or the ‘‘PRC for Native Veterans Act’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS
AFFAIRS
AND
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
TO
REIMBURSE
INDIAN
HEALTH
SERVICE
FOR
CERTAIN
HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
Section 405(c) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
(25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘‘, regardless of whether such services are
provided directly by the Service, an Indian tribe, or tribal organiza-
tion, through purchased/referred care, or through a contract for
travel described in section 213(b)’’.
Approved January 5, 2021.
Proper and
Reimbursed Care
for Native
Veterans Act.
25 USC 1601
note.
Jan. 5, 2021
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