Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2597
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcoholism
Alternative medicine
Asthma
Authorization
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Cervical cancer
Child health
Chronically ill
Colleges
Communicable diseases
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Dental care
Diabetes
Diet
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational counseling
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Health
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Higher education
Holistic medicine
Hypertension
Indian children
Indian education
Indian medical care
Indian women
Infant mortality
Life expectancy
Low birth weight
Lung cancer
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal health services
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Minorities
Minorities in medicine
Minority education
Minority health
Mortality
Obesity
Paramedical personnel
Preventive medicine
Prostate cancer
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Smoking
Stroke
Surplus government property
Teenage pregnancy
Telemedicine
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Reauthorizes for FY 2004 through 2009 and revises the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. Requires any Department of Health and Human Services grant to or contract with Papa Ola Lokahi (an organization of public agencies and private organizations focused on improving the health status of Native Hawaiians) to support community-based initiatives that reflect holistic approaches to health.
Requires Papa Ola Lokahi to report to Congress on the impact of Federal and State health care financing mechanisms and policies on the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians.
Makes Papa Ola Lokahi eligible to receive research endowments under the Public Health Service Act.
Adds to authorized services the support of culturally appropriate activities enhancing health and wellness, including land-, water-, ocean-, and spiritually-based projects and programs.
Allows a priority for Native Hawaiian health scholarships to be provided to employees of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems and the Native Hawaiian Health Centers. Allows the provision of financial assistance to a scholarship recipient during the period of obligated service in any of such health care systems or health centers.
Authorizes Papa Ola Lokahi to provide fellowships to Native Hawaiian health professionals. 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allocate funds to carry out Native Hawaiian demonstration projects of national significance, including the establishment of specified Native Hawaiian Centers of Excellence. Deems the Papa Ola Lokahi as a qualified Center of Excellence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Introduced in House