Sec. 108. Staffing demonstration project
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Title VIII of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish a demonstration project that authorizes the Service to provide federally managed Service units with additional staffing resources with the goal that the resources become self-sustaining. In selecting Service units for participation, the Secretary shall consider whether a Service unit services an Indian Tribe that— has utilized or contributed substantial tribal funds to construct a health facility used by the Service or identified in the master plan for the Service unit; is located in a State or States with Medicaid reimbursements plans or policies that will increase the likelihood that the staffing resources provided will be self-sustaining; and is operating a health facility described in paragraph
(1)under historical staffing ratios that have not been equalized or updated by the Service or any other Service program to reflect current staffing needs. Staffing resources provided to a Service unit under this section shall be for a duration that the Secretary, in consultation with the applicable Indian Tribe, determines appropriate, except that each staffing position provided shall be for a period of not less than 3 fiscal years. No staffing resources provided under this section shall reduce the recurring base funding for staffing for any Indian Tribe or federally managed Service unit. Not later than 5 years after the Secretary ends the demonstration project under this section, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, regarding the project, including— whether the staffing resources resulted in additional revenue for the Service unit sufficient to maintain the staff on a permanent basis; the levels to which the staffing resources reduced the unmet staffing need for the Service unit; and whether the demonstration project could be deployed to reduce unmet staffing needs throughout the Service. .
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