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<dc:title>119 HR 8658 EH: Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
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<congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session>
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8658</legis-num>
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type>
<official-title display="yes">To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes.</official-title>
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<section section-type="section-one" id="H6F132765DC524CCC9FA1E319D890107B"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8DC8CC38BAF4122BA554334CBCD3583"><enum>2.</enum><header>Authorization for emergency contract health services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1646">25 U.S.C. 1646</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F58C12105AE4F2783F924562DC2FE03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>With respect to</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H699F20AE092648689C3AFD07F8426744"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29FEBCD4C1214B3594DBADF822DF3758"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elderly or disabled Indians</header><text>With respect to</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF95E344C3D2C45078F140096DF45396C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before subsection (b) (as so designated) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H591134D779FF4B97A0D127796AF72A16"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26E9115521E640A69DDA318A8B79C00C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), with respect to an Indian receiving emergency medical care or services from a non-Service provider or in a non-Service facility under the authority of this Act, the time limitation (as a condition of payment) for notifying the Service of such treatment or admission shall not be less than 15 days.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
</legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20260914" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 2026.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Kevin F. McCumber,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation>
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