Urban Indian Health Equity Act

Summary

Urban Indian Health Equity Act - Title I: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Indian Health Service (IHS), to provide health promotion and disease prevention services to urban Indians through contracts with urban Indian health organizations funded under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act). Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Immunization Initiative - Directs the Secretary, acting through IHS, to provide funding for immunization services and initiatives to urban Indian populations through such contracts. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Mental Health Services - Directs the Secretary, acting through IHS, to make grants available to urban Indian organizations contracted under the Act for the provision of mental health services to urban Indian populations. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Special Initiative to Treat and Prevent Indian Child Sexual Abuse in Urban Indian Communities - Directs the Secretary, acting through IHS, to provide contracts to urban Indian organizations contracting under the Act for the provision of services to prevent or treat child sexual abuse in urban Indian communities. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Facilities Improvement Fund - Directs the Secretary, acting through IHS, to make contracts with urban Indian organizations contracted under the Act for renovating, expanding, or relocating facilities for the delivery of health services and for purchasing equipment. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Equity Funding - Declares that funding for urban Indian health programs should increase, on an annual basis, at least at the same rate as the overall IHS program. Title VII: Reports - Directs the Secretary, through IHS, to report to the Congress on his assessment of the health status of urban Indians, and their utilization of health services, with recommendations on legislation to improve their health status. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to report to the Congress on their assessment of the status of Indian child welfare in urban communities with recommendations on legislation to improve Indian child protection in such communities.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 26 October 1990

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 16 May 1990

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