To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-1369House of Representatives
Updated: Mar 20, 2017

Summary

Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2017 This bill reaffirms existing amendments to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and certain other provisions of law relating to health care for Native Americans. The bill prohibits federal funds provided by those amendments from being used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that covers abortion, except when a women's life would otherwise be endangered or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.

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  1. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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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  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

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