{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5221","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5221","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-09-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-11-02","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h343","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act","result":"Passed","yea":406,"nay":17,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll343.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-530.","date":"2022-07-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-11-02","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Urban Indian Health Confer Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to confer with urban Indian organizations regarding health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban areas."},{"k":"p","t":"Currently, only the Indian Health Service (IHS) is required to confer with urban Indian organizations on matters relating to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. The bill requires HHS to ensure that the IHS and other agencies and offices within HHS confer with urban Indian organizations on (1) matters relating to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and (2) other provisions of law relating to health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives."}],"words":108},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act so that the Secretary of Health and Human Services must ensure the Indian Health Service and the Department's other agencies and offices confer with urban Indian organizations.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221/text/eh#H60BE501A05574260B205B77901EC9CB5"}]},"core_areas":["Conferring with urban Indian organizations on Indian health care"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Replaces section 514(b) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act with a new requirement that the Secretary ensure the Service and the other agencies and offices of the Department confer with urban Indian organizations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221/text/eh#H60BE501A05574260B205B77901EC9CB5"}},{"text":"Requires the conferring to occur to the maximum extent practicable, in carrying out the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221/text/eh#H60BE501A05574260B205B77901EC9CB5"}},{"text":"Requires the conferring to also cover the carrying out of other provisions of law relating to Indian health care.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221/text/eh#H60BE501A05574260B205B77901EC9CB5"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Urban Indian Health Confer Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221/text/eh#H02142E163B384487A5196D6885200E82"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-11-02","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5221/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5221.png","v":"12991794eb78","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5221, 117th Congress: Urban Indian Health Confer Act. House: 406 Yea, 17 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 2 Nov 2021."}}