[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2365 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2365

  To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban 
  Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of 
        medical services and facilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2019

  Mr. Udall (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tester, Mr. Rounds, and Ms. 
Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                   to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban 
  Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of 
        medical services and facilities, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Access for Urban Native 
Veterans Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. SHARING ARRANGEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    Section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1645) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``urban Indian 
        organizations,'' before ``and tribal organizations''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``urban Indian organization,'' 
                before ``or tribal organization''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``an urban Indian organization,'' 
                before ``or a tribal organization''.
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