Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act
- Last Action
- 6/15/2017
Actions
- 2017-06-15An errata sheet on written report No. 115-112 was printed.
- 2017-06-15Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 149.
- 2017-06-15Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-112. Minority views filed.
- 2017-06-15Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-112. Minority views filed.
- 2017-03-29Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2017-02-03Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- 2017-02-03Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-06-15 (80)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to permit the Indian Health Service (IHS) to pay copayments owed to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by Indian veterans for medical services authorized under the Purchased/Referred Care program and administered at a VA facility.
(Sec. 3) The IHS, the VA, and tribal health programs, in consultation with impacted tribes, must enter into a memorandum of understanding that authorizes the IHS or a tribal health program to pay such copayments unless it would decrease the quality of, or access to, health care for individuals receiving care from the IHS or the VA.
The IHS and the VA must report on veterans who are eligible for IHS assistance and have received care from the VA.Cosponsors (1)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Subjects
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Congressional oversight
- Federal-Indian relations
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Indian social and development programs
- Minority health
- Veterans' medical care
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