Bill Text: AZ SCM1012 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Indian health care; urging Congress
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-02 - Senate read second time [SCM1012 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-SCM1012-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: Indian health care; urging Congress |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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SCM 1012 |
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Introduced by Senators Peshlakai: Bowie, Bradley, Cajero Bedford, Contreras, Dalessandro, Farley, Hobbs, Mendez, Miranda, Otondo, Quezada
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A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL
urging the United States Congress to support the retention of the Indian Health care Improvement Act in any efforts to repeal or replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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To the Congress of the United States of America:
Your memorialist respectfully represents:
Whereas, first enacted in 1976, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) is the legislative embodiment of the federal trust and treaty responsibilities to American Indian and Alaska Native people for health care; and
Whereas, the IHCIA was permanently enacted in 2010 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in section 10221; and
Whereas, the IHCIA serves as the backbone legislation for the Indian Health Service, Tribal and Urban Indian (collectively known as the I/T/U) health system, which provides health care services for American Indians and Alaska Natives in fulfillment of the federal government's trust responsibility for health that is derived from statutes, treaties and executive orders; and
Whereas, the IHCIA states that "it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special trust responsibilities and legal obligations to Indians—to ensure the highest possible health status for Indians and urban Indians and to provide all resources necessary to effect that policy" and reaffirms a system for the federal government to do so; and
Whereas, the IHCIA provides the foundational authority for the Indian Health Service to be reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and third‑party insurers, to make grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations and to run programs designed to address specific, critical health concerns for Native Americans such as substance abuse, diabetes and suicide; and
Whereas, IHCIA has provided significant progress in the I/T/U system, and repealing it would result in disastrous consequences for the American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring, prays:
1. That the United States Congress support the retention of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act in any efforts to repeal or replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit a copy of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.
