Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act

Bill: 116-s-3650
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-05-07
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Department of Health and Human Services

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government liability

Health care quality

Health personnel

Indian social and development programs

Minority health

Urban and suburban affairs and development
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends federal torts claim coverage for certain personal injury claims (i.e., medical malpractice liability protection) to urban Indian organizations and their employees by deeming them as part of the Public Health Service. Currently, such coverage is provided to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Indian contractors, and their employees.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3650 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2020 Ms. Smith (for herself, Mr. Lankford , Mr. Udall , and Ms. McSally ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs A BILL To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to deem employees of urban Indian organizations as part of the Public Health Service for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act . 2. Deeming urban Indian organizations and employees to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 519. Deeming urban Indian organizations and employees to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury Section 102(d) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5321(d) ) shall apply to— (1) an urban Indian organization to the same extent and in the same manner as that section applies to an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, and an Indian contractor; and (2) the employees of an urban Indian organization to the same extent and in the same manner as that section applies to employees of an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, and an Indian contractor. .