3.0.0 3130 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z Senate S S 2023-10-25 118 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Other Referred To 2023-10-25T19:33:49Z 118 8942 HR 2024-07-24 Subcommittee Hearings Held Related bill CRS 118 8966 HR 2024-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 118 8956 HR 2024-07-24 Subcommittee Hearings Held Related bill CRS 118 8955 HR 2024-07-24 Subcommittee Hearings Held Related bill CRS 2023-10-25 slia00 Indian Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. IntroReferral 2023-10-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD 2023-10-25 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2023-10-25 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2023-10-25 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2023-10-25 True Native Americans Native Americans 2023-11-08T16:45:29Z

00 2023-10-25 Introduced in Senate 2024-10-09T13:21:12Z <p><strong>Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of </strong><strong>2023</strong></p><p>This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to recruitment and retention in the Indian Health Service (IHS), including provisions regarding pay, credentialing, and housing needs of workforce personnel.</p><p>Among other provisions, the bill</p><ul><li>requires&nbsp;the establishment of a pay system for health care professionals employed by IHS that is based on the pay system for health care professionals employed by the Veterans Health Administration,</li><li>authorizes a program&nbsp;to provide tenant-based rental assistance to certain IHS employees,</li><li>requires IHS&nbsp;to establish a centralized medical credentialing system, and</li><li>expands&nbsp;eligibility for the IHS Loan Repayment Program.</li></ul><p>Additionally, the bill</p><ul><li>outlines&nbsp;additional hiring requirements for IHS,</li><li>requires&nbsp;employees and health care providers who enter into a contract with IHS to annually complete mandatory training on tribal&nbsp;culture and history,</li><li>establishes&nbsp;a demonstration program to provide IHS units with additional staffing resources,&nbsp;</li><li>requires the&nbsp;Department of Health and Human Services to establish best practices for governing boards and area offices,</li><li>establishes&nbsp;a compliance assistance program for underperforming hospitals or outpatient facilities,</li><li>establishes&nbsp;the Office of Patient Advocacy, and</li><li>requires IHS&nbsp;to establish regulations for standards to measure the timeliness of the provision of health care services in IHS facilities.</li></ul><p>The bill&nbsp;also outlines certain employee protections, including whistle-blower protections.</p><p>The bill&nbsp;establishes various reporting requirements. For example, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the housing and staffing needs of IHS.</p>

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