Sec. 2. Changes to liability for payment
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Section 222 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1621u ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking A patient and inserting Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a patient ; by striking contract health care and inserting or has received purchased/referred care ; and by inserting or were after that are ; in subsection (b)— by striking contract care each place it appears and inserting purchased/referred care ; by striking contract health care and inserting purchased/referred care ; by inserting , notwithstanding any other provision of law, after by the Service that ; and by inserting to any provider, debt collector, or any other person after is not liable ; in subsection (c), by inserting , the debt collector, or any other person, as applicable after the provider ; and by adding at the end the following:
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Service shall establish and implement procedures to allow a patient that paid out-of-pocket for purchased/referred care services authorized by the Service under this Act to be reimbursed by the Service for that payment not later than 30 days after the patient submits documentation to the Service pursuant to paragraph (2). The Service shall accept documentation from a patient seeking reimbursement under paragraph
(1)that was submitted— electronically; or in-person at a Service facility. .
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