II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3514 To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or inter-tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic prod- ucts directly from the Department of Health and Human Services. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 17, 2020 Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. UDALL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facili- ties operated by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or inter-tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from the stra- tegic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epi- demic products directly from the Department of Health and Human Services. 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 23:13 Apr 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3514.IS S3514 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3514 IS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal Medical Sup- 2 plies Stockpile Access Act of 2020’’. 3 SEC. 2. PROVISION OF ITEMS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND 4 FACILITIES. 5 (a) STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE.—Section 6 319F–2(a)(3)(G) of the Public Health Service Act (42 7 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(3)(G)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and, 8 in the case that the Secretary deploys the stockpile under 9 this subparagraph, ensure, in coordination with the appli- 10 cable States and programs and facilities, that appropriate 11 drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical de- 12 vices, and other supplies are deployed by the Secretary di- 13 rectly to health programs or facilities operated by the In- 14 dian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization 15 (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self- 16 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 17 5304)), or an inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 18 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As- 19 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5381)) or through an urban In- 20 dian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 21 Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding duplicative 22 distributions to such programs or facilities’’ before the 23 semicolon. 24 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR EPI- 25 DEMIC PRODUCTS TO IHS FACILITIES.—Title III of the 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Apr 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3514.IS S3514 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3514 IS Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is 1 amended by inserting after section 319F–4 the following: 2 ‘‘SEC. 319F–5. DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR 3 EPIDEMIC PRODUCTS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS 4 AND FACILITIES. 5 ‘‘In the case that the Secretary distributes qualified 6 pandemic or epidemic products (as defined in section 7 319F–3(i)(7)) to States or other entities, the Secretary 8 shall ensure, in coordination with the applicable States 9 and programs and facilities, that, as appropriate, such 10 products are distributed directly to health programs or fa- 11 cilities operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian 12 tribe, a tribal organization (as those terms are defined in 13 section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 14 Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or an inter-tribal con- 15 sortium (as defined in section 501 of the Indian Self-De- 16 termination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 17 5381)) or through an urban Indian organization (as de- 18 fined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 19 Act), while avoiding duplicative distributions to such pro- 20 grams or facilities.’’. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Apr 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3514.IS S3514 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS