Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6352 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 23, 2020 Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. COLE, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. HAALAND, and Mr. GIANFORTE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- ergy and Commerce 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 00:42 Apr 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6352.IH H6352 PAMTMANN on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6352 IH 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 that appropriate drugs, vac- 10 cines and other biological products, medical devices, and 11 other supplies are deployed by the Secretary directly to 12 health programs or facilities operated by the Indian 13 Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization (as 14 those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self- 15 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 16 5304)), or an inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 17 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As- 18 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5381)) or through an urban In- 19 dian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 20 Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding duplicative 21 distributions to such programs or facilities’’ before the 22 semicolon. 23 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR EPI- 24 DEMIC PRODUCTS TO IHS FACILITIES.—Title III of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Apr 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6352.IH H6352 PAMTMANN on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6352 IH 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 that, as appropriate, such products are dis- 9 tributed directly to health programs or facilities operated 10 by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal or- 11 ganization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the 12 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 13 (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or an inter-tribal consortium (as de- 14 fined in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and 15 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5381)) or through 16 an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of 17 the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding 18 duplicative distributions to such programs or facilities.’’. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:42 Apr 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6352.IH H6352 PAMTMANN on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS