S1055Referred to Committee
Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-13
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Mike Rounds
Republican · SD · Senator
Votes with party: 35.7% (322 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/R000605
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Plain-English Summary
The bill would require the Indian Health Service to pay emergency medical claims for Native Americans at the same rates that Medicare and private insurance companies use, rather than potentially lower rates. This would ensure that tribal members receive consistent emergency care reimbursement regardless of which healthcare provider treats them. The change would affect Native American patients seeking emergency medical services and the hospitals and clinics that treat them.
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Subjects
Native Americans
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1055 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1055 To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 13, 2025 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR EMERGENCY CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICES. Section 406 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1646) is amended-- (1) by striking ``With respect to'' and inserting the following: ``(b) Elderly or Disabled Indians.--With respect to''; and (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so designated) the following: ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), with respect to an Indian receiving emergency medical care or services from a non-Service provider or in a non-Service facility under the authority of this Act, the time limitation (as a condition of payment) for notifying the Service of such treatment or admission shall be 15 days.''. <all>
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