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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 699 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to address liability for payment of charges or costs associated with... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Technical and conforming amendments

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Section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603 ) is amended— by striking paragraph (5); by redesignating paragraphs
(6)through
(15)as paragraph
(5)through (14), respectively; in paragraph
(12)(as so redesignated), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking , as defined in subsection
(d)hereof, ; by inserting after paragraph
(14)(as so redesignated) the following: The term purchased/referred care means any health service that is— delivered based on a referral by, or at the expense of, an Indian health program; and provided by a public or private medical provider or hospital that is not a provider or hospital of the Indian health program. ; in paragraph (25), by striking ( and inserting 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq. ) ( ; 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ) in paragraph (26), by striking ( and inserting 25 U.S.C. 450b ) ( ; and 25 U.S.C. 5304 ) in paragraph (28)— by striking , as defined in subsection
(g)hereof, ; and by striking subsection (c)(1) through
(4)of this section and inserting subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)of paragraph
(12). The Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) is amended— by striking contract health service each place it appears and inserting purchased/referred care ; by striking contract health services each place it appears and inserting purchased/referred care ; by striking Contract Health Service each place it appears and inserting purchased/referred care ; by striking Contract Health Services each place it appears and inserting purchased/referred care ; and by striking contract care each place it appears and inserting purchased/referred care . Section 211 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1621j ) is amended by striking the section heading and designation and all that follows through
(a)The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary . Section 219 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1621r ) is amended by striking the section heading and designation and all that follows through
(a)The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary . Section 226 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1621y ) is amended, in the section heading, by striking and inserting Contract health service . Purchased/referred care Section 406 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1646 ) is amended by striking the section heading and designation and all that follows through With respect and inserting the following: With respect . Section 506(f) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1656(f) ) is amended by striking , as defined in section 4(f) of this Act, . Section 704(b) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1665c(b) ) is amended, in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Contract Health Services . Purchased/referred care Section 808 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1678 ) is amended, in the section heading, by striking and inserting contract health service . purchased/referred care Section 808A of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1678a ) is amended, in the section heading, by striking and inserting contract health service . purchased/referred care Section 810 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1680 ) is amended by striking the section heading and designation and all that follows through The State and inserting the following: The State . Section 815 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1680e ) is amended by striking the section heading and designation and all that follows through
(a)The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary . Section 830(b) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1680t(b) ) is amended, in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting contract health services . purchased/referred care Section 506A(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa–5a(a)) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking Tribal health program the second place it appears and inserting tribal health program ; and in paragraph (3)— by striking health program administered by the Service and inserting health program administered directly by the Service ; and by striking section 4(12)(A) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and inserting paragraph (11)(A) of section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( . 25 U.S.C. 1603 ) The Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to ensure that the Indian Health Manual and all other relevant rules, guidance, manuals, and other materials are revised such that contract health service each place it appears (regardless of casing and typeface and including in the headings) is revised to read purchased/referred care (with appropriate casing and typeface).
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