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HR 741 · introduced · significant

Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill elevates the Director of the Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary position within the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • The change affects Indian Health Service operations and Native American healthcare administration.
  • The bill reorganizes existing federal health leadership structure with no new funding mechanism specified.

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    How would elevating the Indian Health Service Director to Assistant Secretary level change funding decisions or resource allocation for Native American healthcare?

  2. 02

    What specific operational or administrative problems does this structural reorganization aim to solve for tribes and Indian Health Service facilities?

  3. 03

    Which federal agencies or stakeholders would be affected by this leadership restructuring, and how might coordination between them change?

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Greg Stanton

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Introduced 2025-02-05

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-05 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  2. 2025-01-29 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.

  3. 2025-01-28 · 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.

  4. 2025-01-28 · 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.

  5. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  6. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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