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Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act of 2019

S. 2365 · 116th Congress · Jul 31, 2019 · Lineage

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.

1. Short title

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

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”.