On Thursday, February 11th, NIHB submitted a letter of support to the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the inclusion of Tribal health priorities in their Budget Reconciliation legislation. The legislation, which is being marked up Thursday, February 11th and Friday, February 12th, invests $6.094 billion in Tribal health priorities including:
- $5.484 billion for Indian Health Service
- $2 billion 3rd party relief
- $1.5 billion for testing, tracing, Personal Protective Equipment
- $600 million for vaccine education and distribution
- $600 million health care facilities
- $500 million Purchased/Referred Care
- $420 million mental/behavioral health services
- $240 million public health workforce
- $140 million electronic health records/telehealth infrastructure
- $84 million Urban Indian health
- $10 million potable water delivery
Read the full letter.