LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

Priorities

Appropriations

• Increase Funding for the Indian Health Service and the Urban Indian Line Item ($200.5 million for FY22)
• Advance Appropriations to Insulate Indian Health Care Providers from Shutdowns and Allow for Long-Term Planning
• Fund Behavioral Health for Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs)

Parity for Urban Indian Health

• Extend Full (100%) Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to services provided at UIOs (H.R. 1373, H.R. 1888)
• Remove Facilities Restrictions on UIOs
• Establish an Urban Confer Policy for HHS
• Inclusion of UIOs in National Community Health Aide Program (CHAP)
• Inclusion of UIOs in Advisory Committees with Focus on Indian Health
• Add UIOs to Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Exemptions
• UIO Representation for Facilities Appropriation Advisory Board (FAAB)

Additional Requests

• Reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) through 2025 and increase funding to $200 million annually
• Unfunded Provisions in the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA)
• Establish an Urban Indian Health Community Health Representatives fund at $3.05 million

Veterans Administration

• Establish a UIO urban confer policy

Behavioral Health

• Preserve behavioral health initiatives for Urban Indian Organizations

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• Health Care Reform
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• Federal Tort Claims Act
• Care of American Indian Alaska Native Veterans
• Indian Health Service
• Definition of Indian
• Special Diabetes Program for Indians
• Preservation of Indian Health Care Improvement Act

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