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To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act. 4/4/2008--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the system of third-party payment collections for items and services furnished through the Indian Health Service (IHS).Title I: Amendments to Indian Laws - (Sec. 101) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to declare a new national Indian health policy in order to: (1) raise the health status of Indians and Urban Indians by 2010 to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the Healthy People 2010 or successor objectives; and (2) allow Indians, to the greatest extent possible, to set their own health care priorities and establish goals that reflect their unmet needs.Authorizes approval of up to a two-year extension [...] show full description
- 06/06/2008 - Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- 06/06/2008 - Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- 06/06/2008 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.
- 04/04/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-564, Part I.
- 04/04/2008 - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 6, 2008.
show all actions- 06/06/2008 - Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- 06/06/2008 - Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- 06/06/2008 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 444.
- 04/04/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-564, Part I.
- 04/04/2008 - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 6, 2008.
- 04/04/2008 - House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 6, 2008.
- 11/07/2007 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 11/07/2007 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- 06/07/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 04/25/2007 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 04/25/2007 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 03/14/2007 - Committee Hearings Held.
- 03/14/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 03/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 03/06/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.
- 03/06/2007 - Referred to House Natural Resources
- 03/06/2007 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- 03/06/2007 - Referred to House Ways and Means
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