[Congressional Bills 116th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6237 Enrolled Bill (ENR)] H.R.6237 One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty An Act To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to clarify the requirement of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to reimburse the Indian Health Service for certain health care services. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Proper and Reimbursed Care for Native Veterans Act'' or the ``PRC for Native Veterans Act''. SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO REIMBURSE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE SERVICES. Section 405(c) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, regardless of whether such services are provided directly by the Service, an Indian tribe, or tribal organization, through purchased/referred care, or through a contract for travel described in section 213(b)''. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
PRC for Native Veterans Act
#6237 | HR Congress #116
Policy Area: Native Americans
Last Action: Became Public Law No: 116-311. (1/5/2021)
Bill Text Source: Congress.gov
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