Urban Indian Health Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-1373
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-02-25
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian social and development programs

Medicaid

Minority health

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Urban and suburban affairs and development
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Urban Indian Health Parity Act</b></p> <p>This bill&nbsp;applies a&nbsp;Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., the federal matching rate under Medicaid) of 100% with respect to amounts expended as medical assistance for services received through an Urban Indian organization&nbsp;under a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1373 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2021 Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Young , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Stanton , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Cole , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Cárdenas , and Ms. DelBene ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require a Federal medical assistance percentage of 100 percent for urban Indian organizations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Urban Indian Health Parity Act . 2. Full Federal medical assistance percentage for urban Indian organizations Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(b) ) is amended by inserting after by an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act) the following: , or through an urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of such Act) pursuant to a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act .