Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3514
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-03-17
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care

Federal-Indian relations

Health technology, devices, supplies

Immunology and vaccination

Indian social and development programs

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Minority health

Strategic materials and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deploy drugs, vaccines, biological products, medical devices, and other supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile directly to health programs or facilities operated by the Indian Health Service (IHS), tribes, or tribal organizations. Such supplies from the stockpile&nbsp;are used to respond to public health emergencies. </p> <p>Specifically, if HHS distributes pandemic or epidemic products (e.g., drugs or medical devices) to states or other entities, HHS must also deploy such products directly to health programs or facilities operated by IHS or other tribal entities.</p> <p>HHS must coordinate with states, programs, and facilities to ensure supplies and products are distributed to such tribal entities.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3514 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 17, 2020 Ms. Warren (for herself and Mr. Udall ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To ensure that facilities of the Indian Health Service, facilities operated by an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or inter-tribal consortium, and facilities operated by an urban Indian organization receive items from the strategic national stockpile and qualified pandemic or epidemic products directly from the Department of Health and Human Services.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2020 . 2. Provision of items to Indian programs and facilities (a) Strategic national stockpile Section 319F–2(a)(3)(G) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(3)(G)) is amended by inserting , and, in the case that the Secretary deploys the stockpile under this subparagraph, ensure, in coordination with the applicable States and programs and facilities, that appropriate drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, and other supplies are deployed by the Secretary directly to health programs or facilities operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )), or an inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5381 )) or through an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding duplicative distributions to such programs or facilities before the semicolon. (b) Distribution of qualified pandemic or epidemic products to IHS facilities Title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 319F–4 the following: 319F–5. Distribution of qualified pandemic or epidemic products to Indian programs and facilities In the case that the Secretary distributes qualified pandemic or epidemic products (as defined in section 319F–3(i)(7)) to States or other entities, the Secretary shall ensure, in coordination with the applicable States and programs and facilities, that, as appropriate, such products are distributed directly to health programs or facilities operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, a tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )), or an inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5381 )) or through an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding duplicative distributions to such programs or facilities. .