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INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 80
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 118-34
URBAN INDIAN HEALTH CONFER ACT
MAY 30, 2023.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 460]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 460) to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to es-
tablish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon without amendment, and recommends
that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 460 is to amend the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act (IHCIA) to require the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) and its agencies and offices to confer with
urban Indian organizations (UIOs)1 regarding matters that would
impact health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives
(AIANs) living in urban areas.
BACKGROUND
The Indian Health Service (IHS) supports contracts and grants
to 41 UIO programs in cities across the nation to ensure the high-
est possible health status for urban AIANs and provide resources
1The term urban Indian organization refers to a nonprofit corporate body situated in an
urban center, governed by an urban Indian controlled board of directors, and providing for the
maximum participation of all interested Indian groups and individuals, which body is capable
of legally cooperating with other public and private entities for the purpose of performing the
activities. 25 U.S.C. § 1603(29).
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