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HR 1418 · in committee · significant

Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The Indian Health Service must reimburse American Indian and Alaska Native patients for out-of-pocket costs of authorized medical services within 30 days.
  • This affects IHS beneficiaries who pay upfront for referred care when services aren't available directly through IHS.
  • HHS must update procedures and contracts to implement reimbursement timelines and replace contract health service terminology.

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  1. 01

    How would a 30-day reimbursement deadline change financial burden for American Indian and Alaska Native patients who currently pay upfront for referred care?

  2. 02

    What administrative and budget challenges might the Indian Health Service face when updating contracts and procedures to meet faster reimbursement timelines?

  3. 03

    Why does the bill specifically target contract health service terminology changes, and what practical impact would renaming these services have on how care is delivered and tracked?

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Dusty Johnson

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Introduced 2025-02-18

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-18 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-02-18 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-02-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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