Bill Summary
This bill seeks to amend Title XIX of the Social Security Act, which relates to Medicaid, in order to provide a 100% federal medical assistance percentage for urban Indian organizations. This means that these organizations, which provide health services to Native American populations in urban areas, will receive full federal funding for their services. This amendment also includes urban Indian organizations that have a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service, under Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
Possible Impacts
1. This legislation could positively affect urban Native American individuals who may not have had access to affordable healthcare before. By providing a full federal medical assistance percentage for urban Indian organizations, these individuals will have better access to medical services.
2. This legislation may also positively impact Indian Health Services (IHS) by providing them with additional funding through grants or contracts. This could result in improved healthcare services for Native American communities.
3. On the other hand, this legislation could potentially have a negative impact on taxpayers as they will be responsible for funding the full federal medical assistance percentage for urban Indian organizations. This could lead to increased taxes for some individuals.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2316 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2316
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 12, 2019
Mr. Lujan (for himself, Mr. Young, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Cole, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Moore, Mr.
Gallego, Ms. Kendra S. Horn of Oklahoma, Mr. Khanna, Ms. DelBene, Mr.
Smith of Washington, Mr. Grijalva, and Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 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''.
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