Policy Resource Center

NCUIH Indian Health Care Policy Newsletters

Budget Formulation

• Budget Formulation Update: The National Tribal Budget Formulation Workgroup’s Recommendations Include Urban Indian Health Increase for the Indian Health Service Fiscal Year 2021 Budget

NCUIH Backgrounders

• Indian Health Care 101
• Brief of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Staff

NCUIH Priorities

Legislative Priorities

Priorities
Talking Points

Preserve the Medicaid Benefit

• 100% FMAP for UIHPs
• Support the Urban Indian Parity Act, 2019 (Senator Udall/Rep. Lujan)
• Exemption for American Indians and Alaskan Natives
• Mandatory work requirements are inconsistent with trust responsibility

Funding for IHS

• Indian Programs Advanced Appropriations Act S.229
• Urban line item – Increase line item to $82-$118m (2% of IHS budget)
• Exemption from shutdowns, sequestration and hiring freezes

Funding for the Community Health Centers and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI)

• Bipartisan extension introduced to renew SDPI and CHC through 2024
• Support “Community and Public Health Programs Extension Act”
• Support any individual SDPI bills

Indian Health Care Improvement Act

• Protect from any attempts to repeal or reform the Affordable Care Act
• Retain the Indian specific provisions in ACA

Federal Torts Claims Act

• Extend FTCA to UIHPs to provide malpractice liability protection to employees at no cost – IHS and Tribal facilities already receive this

Veterans Administration

• IHS and VA MOU included UIHPs, VA won’t work with urban Indian Organizations
• Help us work with the VA by making VA reimburse Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs)

Behavioral Health

• Preserve behavioral health initiatives for Urban Indian Organizations

More Information

• Health Care Reform
• Federal Medical Assistance Percentage / Medicaid
• 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

Correspondence

Research

• Shutdown Preliminary Report
• Shutdown Final Report

Events

• NCUIH Events
• Indian Health Service Events

Member Portal

• Membership Profiles
• Hot Items (e.g., most urgent legislative activity, when Congress is going on vacation)
• Voting Records
• Grassroots Materials (talking points, targets, how to lobby, how to identify your Senators and Representatives, links to Indian authorizers and appropriators)
• Webinars
• Health Care Policy News