To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to help ensure that no Service hospital or outpatient health facility is closed unless Congressional reporting requirements regarding the hospital or facility are current.
Last action on Sep 25, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to b...
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Summary
Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to prohibit the closure of any Indian Health Service hospital or outpatient health care facility if the Secretary of Health and Human Services has not reported to Congress at least one year (as under current law) but not longer than two years before the proposed closure date an evaluation of the closure's expected impact.
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