To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish fees for medical services provided in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-258
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-04
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government trust funds

Health care costs and insurance

Health facilities and institutions

Parks, recreation areas, trails

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to establish and collect fees for medical services provided to persons in units of the National Park System or for medical services provided by National Park Service personnel outside system units. </p> <p>The bill establishes the National Park Medical Services Fund, to consist of donations and the fees collected for medical services. The fund shall be available to Interior for (1) providing medical services; (2) preparing needs assessments or analyses for medical facilities, equipment, and vehicles; (3) developing management plans; (4) providing training to furnish medical services; and (5) obtaining or improving medical facilities, equipment, and vehicles.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 258 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2019 Mr. McClintock (for himself and Mr. Tipton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish fees for medical services provided in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

1. Fees for Medical Services (a) Fees authorized The Secretary may establish and collect fees for medical services provided to persons in units of the National Park System or for medical services provided by National Park Service personnel outside units of the National Park System. (b) National Park Medical Services Fund There is hereby established in the Treasury a fund to be known as the National Park Medical Services Fund . The Fund shall consist of— (1) donations to the Fund; and (2) fees collected under subsection (a). (c) Availability of amounts All amounts deposited into the Fund shall be available to the Secretary, to the extent provided in advance by Acts of appropriation, for the following in units of the National Park System: (1) Services listed in subsection (a). (2) Preparing needs assessments or other programmatic analyses for medical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and other needs and costs of providing services listed in subsection (a). (3) Developing management plans for medical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and other needs and costs of services listed in subsection (a). (4) Training related to providing services listed in subsection (a). (5) Obtaining or improving medical facilities, equipment, vehicles, and other needs and costs of providing services listed in subsection (a). (d) Definitions For the purposes of this section: (1) Fund The term Fund means the National Park Medical Services Fund established by subsection (b). (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.