PRC for Native Veterans Act

#6237 | HR Congress #116

Last Action: Became Public Law No: 116-311. (1/5/2021)

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[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.

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