A bill to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health Service.
USA115th CongressS-465| Senate
| Updated: 9/26/2018
Mike Rounds
Republican Senator
South Dakota
Cosponsors (2)
Indian Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The assessment must address IHS issues including: the demographics and health care needs of the patient population, health care capabilities and resources, staffing levels at medical facilities and the productivity of each health care provider, information technology strategies related to providing health care, business processes, the competency of leadership regarding specified issues, tracking patients eligible for other federal health care programs, and the number of procurement contracts and awards under the Buy Indian Act.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-236.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Native Americans
Accounting and auditingComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesIndian social and development programsMedicaidMinority healthPublic contracts and procurement
A bill to provide for an independent outside audit of the Indian Health Service.
USA115th CongressS-465| Senate
| Updated: 9/26/2018
Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The assessment must address IHS issues including: the demographics and health care needs of the patient population, health care capabilities and resources, staffing levels at medical facilities and the productivity of each health care provider, information technology strategies related to providing health care, business processes, the competency of leadership regarding specified issues, tracking patients eligible for other federal health care programs, and the number of procurement contracts and awards under the Buy Indian Act.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-236.
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mike Rounds
Republican Senator
South Dakota
Cosponsors (2)
Indian Affairs Committee
Native Americans
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Accounting and auditingComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesIndian social and development programsMedicaidMinority healthPublic contracts and procurement