On July 10, 2024, the House Appropriations Full Committee passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations bill for Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS), which was previously approved by the […]
On June 21, 2024, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH), in partnership with the National Indian Health Board, National Congress of American Indians, and 25 other organizations, sent […]
The House Appropriations Full Committee passed an Interior bill that includes $8.56 billion for IHS and $99.99 million for Urban Indian Health. On July 9, 2024, the House Appropriations Full […]
On April 17, 2024, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that more than 4,000 Native Veterans have been approved for the VA’s copayment exemption and has exempted and/or reimbursed […]
On March 7, 2024, and June 7, 2024, the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) submitted written comments to the Indian Health Service (IHS) Director, Roselyn Tso, regarding the […]
On May 21, 2024, the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) Office of Urban Indian Health Programs (OUIHP) released their 4th Quarterly Report outlining progress on the agency’s 2023 Work Plan to implement […]
In this Edition: 📸 Monitoring the Bench: Supreme Court Rules 5-4 in Favor of Tribes on Reimbursement of Contract Support Costs for Third-Party Expenses 🏢 FY 2025 Appropriations Update: House FY 2025 […]
The American Medical Association (AMA) held their Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates (HOD), on June 7-12, 2024. During this, various resolutions were presented that focused on American Indian […]
On May 23, 2024, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a hearing with the Indian Health Service (IHS) entitled “To examine proposed budget estimates and […]
1. What was the case about? The issue in this case was whether the Indian Self-Determination Act (ISDA) requires the Indian Health Service (IHS) to pay the contract support costs […]
On June 27, 2024, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies released the draft bill text for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget. The bill provides $38.478 […]
In May 2024, The National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) submitted written testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related […]
On May 20, 2024, the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Health Partners, a coalition of health organizations dedicated to improving health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives, sent letters to […]
On May 15, 2024, that National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) submitted comments to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA), in response to a May 1, 2024, Urban Confer […]
On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court released their opinion in Case No. 23-250, Becerra v. San Carlos Apache (consolidated with Case No. 23-235, Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe). The […]
On May 9, 2024, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) as well as Representatives Jamie Rasin (D-MD), Ann Kuster (D-NH), David Trone (D-MD) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) re-introduced […]
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