[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6105 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6105

To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to help ensure that no 
    Service hospital or outpatient health facility is closed unless 
Congressional reporting requirements regarding the hospital or facility 
                              are current.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2006

 Ms. Herseth introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to help ensure that no 
    Service hospital or outpatient health facility is closed unless 
Congressional reporting requirements regarding the hospital or facility 
                              are current.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CLOSURES.

    Section 301(b)(1) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1631(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``prior to'' and inserting 
``but not longer than 2 years before''.
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