[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 8658 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 679
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8658

                      [Report No. 119-778, Part I]

     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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2026

 Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural 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

                            August 27, 2026

                Additional sponsor: Mr. Hurd of Colorado

                            August 27, 2026

            Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources

                            August 27, 2026

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee 
 of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
     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.


 


    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 ``Indian Health Service Emergency 
Claims Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR EMERGENCY CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICES.

    Section 406 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1646) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``With respect to'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(b) Elderly or Disabled Indians.--With respect to''; and
            (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so designated) 
        the following:
    ``(a) In General.--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.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 679

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 8658

                      [Report No. 119-778, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            August 27, 2026

            Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources

                            August 27, 2026

     Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed