3.0.0 2145 2023-01-11T20:21:05Z 2023-01-11T20:21:05Z Senate S S 2007-10-04 110 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred to 2007-10-04T20:07:55Z 2007-10-15 Senate Star Print ordered on the bill. Floor 2007-10-04 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-10-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12779) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-10-04 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-10-04 True Native Americans Armed Forces and National Security Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to Indians Health Minorities Veterans' medical care Native Americans 00 2007-10-04 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-04T22:25:38Z American Indian Veteran Health Care Improvement Act - Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary) to: (1) provide for veteran-related expenses incurred by eligible Indian veterans for medical services administered at an Indian Health Service facility pursuant to a local memorandum of understanding between the HHS Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA Secretary); and (2) establish guidelines regarding the method of payments to the VA Secretary for such expenses.

Requires the HHS Secretary, in negotiating such a local memorandum of understanding with the VA Secretary, to consult with each Indian tribe that would be affected.

Provides that expenses incurred by the HHS Secretary while providing for eligible Indian veterans' expenses shall not be considered Contract Health Service expenses.

]]> American Indian Veteran Health Care Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to ensure that Indian veterans are not liable for certain health care payments. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title American Indian Veteran Health Care Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced American Indian Veteran Health Care Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2007-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2145is/xml/BILLS-110s2145is.xml 2007-10-15 Star Print ordered on the bill. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.