Upholding the Highest Health Status for All American Indians
and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs)
Fully Fund the Indian Health Service (IHS) and Urban Indian Health at the Amounts Requested by Tribes
FY 2023 Request for IHS: $49.8 billion.
FY 2023 Request for the Urban Indian Line Item: $949.9 million.
Improving Behavioral Health for All American Indians and Alaska Natives
Enact the Native Behavioral Health Access Improvement Act (H.R. 4251/S. 2226) to Provide at Least $200 million
Annually to Indian Health Care Providers.
Enact the State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021 (H.R. 2379) to Provide Critical Investments to Tribes,
Tribal Organizations, and UIOs to Fight the Opioid Epidemic.
Attain Advance Appropriations for Indian Health and Improve Funding Certainty
Enact the Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act (H.R. 5567/S. 2985) and Indian Health Service Advance
Appropriations Act (H.R. 5549) to Insulate Indian Health Care Providers from Shutdowns.
Allow UIOs to Receive all Funds at the Start of a Continuing Resolution (Exception Apportionment)
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Improving Health Outcomes Through Dialogue
Enact the Urban Indian Health Confer Act (H.R. 5221) to Establish an Urban Confer for the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
Include UIOs in Advisory Committees that Focus on Indian Health.
Establish an Urban Indian Interagency Work Group to Identify the Needs and Develop Strategies to Better Serve Urban
AI/AN Populations.
Improving Native Veteran Health Outcomes
Establish an Urban Confer for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Enact the STRONG Veterans Act of 2022 (H.R.6411).
Special Diabetes Program for Indians: A Proven Case of Decreased Diabetes Prevalence and Improved
Health Outcomes for AI/AN People
Permanently Reauthorize Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) at a Minimum of $250 Million Annually.
Healing from Federal Boarding Schools
Enact the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act
(H.R.5444/S.2907).
Ending the Pandemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP)
Enact the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (S. 3623).
Improving Data in Indian Health
Enact the Tribal Health Data Improvement Act (H.R. 3841).
Improving the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic for AI/ANs
Enact the Tribal Medical Supplies Stockpile Access Act of 2022 (H.R. 6372/S. 3444).
Tackling the Stigma and Advancing HIV Efforts in AI/AN Communities
Increase Innovative Resources to Reduce Stigma and Fear Around HIV in AI/AN Communities.
Increase Behavioral Health Support Resources at UIOs for AI/ANs Living with HIV.
Enact the Urban Indian Health Parity Act (H.R. 1373 or H.R. 1888) to Ensure Permanent Full (100%) Federal Medical
Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for Services Provided at UIOs.
Improving the Indian Health Workforce
Inclusion of UIOs in National Community Health Aide Program (CHAP).
Improving the Indian Health Service
Data is Dollars: Ensuring Accurate Data Collection in the Indian Health System
Health IT/Electronic Health Record (EHR) Improvement and IHS National Data Warehouse Reporting
Continuity in the Indian Health System
Improve Area Office Consistency.
Elevate the Health Care Needs of Native Americans Within the Federal Government
Enact the Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act (H.R. 6406) to elevate the IHS Director to Assistant
Secretary for Indian Health.