Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6372
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2022-01-11
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: 2022-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of </b><strong>2022</strong></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: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6372 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 11, 2022 Mr. Gallego (for himself, Mr. Cole , Ms. Davids of Kansas , and Ms. Leger Fernandez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 2022 . 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 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 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. .