Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8658 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8658

     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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2026

 Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee
 on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 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 not be less
than 15 days.''.
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