[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1373 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1373

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a Federal 
     medical assistance percentage of 100 percent for urban Indian 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2021

Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Khanna, 
    Mr. Stanton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Cole, Mr. 
Grijalva, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Cardenas, and Ms. DelBene) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a Federal 
     medical assistance percentage of 100 percent for urban Indian 
                 organizations, 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 ``Urban Indian Health Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. FULL FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGE FOR URBAN INDIAN 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is 
amended by inserting after ``by an Indian tribe or tribal organization 
(as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act)'' 
the following: ``, or through an urban Indian organization (as defined 
in section 4 of such Act) pursuant to a grant or contract with the 
Indian Health Service under title V of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act''.
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