Urban Indian Health Confer Act
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299 words in original text
What This Bill Does
This bill changes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to consult with urban Indian organizations. The law makes sure that the federal government talks with these organizations when carrying out Indian health care programs and laws.
Who It Affects
The Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies. Urban Indian organizations. American Indian people living in cities who receive health care services.
Key Provisions
• The Secretary of Health and Human Services must ensure that the Indian Health Service (a federal agency providing health care) and other departments confer, to the maximum extent practicable (as much as is reasonable and doable), with urban Indian organizations when carrying out the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Sec. 2)
• The Secretary must ensure that the Indian Health Service and other departments confer with urban Indian organizations when carrying out other laws related to Indian health care (Sec. 2)
What Changes
The existing requirement for the Department of Health and Human Services to confer with urban Indian organizations gets rewritten. The new version explicitly includes "the Service" (the Indian Health Service) and "other agencies and offices of the Department" in the requirement to confer with urban Indian organizations.
Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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