3.0.0 465 2023-01-11T13:35:50Z 2023-01-11T13:35:50Z Senate S 2017-02-28 115 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Markup by 2018-09-26T18:30:34Z Hearings by 2017-11-08T19:30:36Z Referred to 2017-02-28T16:43:42Z 2018-09-26 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2017-11-08 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-236. Committee 2017-02-28 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD N L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-03-08 False M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2017-03-29 False 2018-11-30T16:12:00Z S. 465, Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2018 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54854 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 26, 2018 Native Americans Accounting and auditing Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Indian social and development programs Medicaid Minority health Public contracts and procurement Native Americans 00 2017-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-27T18:45:48Z Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The assessment must address IHS issues including:

  • the demographics and health care needs of the patient population,
  • health care capabilities and resources,
  • staffing levels at medical facilities and the productivity of each health care provider,
  • information technology strategies related to providing health care,
  • business processes,
  • the competency of leadership regarding specified issues,
  • tracking patients eligible for other federal health care programs, and
  • the number of procurement contracts and awards under the Buy Indian Act.
]]> Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 Display Title Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health Service. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s465is/xml/BILLS-115s465is.xml 2018-09-26 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. 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.