S 1055
Passed a chamber
Sets a 15-day deadline for notifying the Indian Health Service when Indians receive emergency care from non-Service providers or facilities, with a separate rule for elderly or disabled beneficiaries.
Official title: Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
05-OCT-2026
Senate
Introduced
13-MAR-2025
Referred
13-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
05-AUG-2026
Reported
23-SEP-2026
On the calendar
23-SEP-2026
Passed
30-SEP-2026
- Amends Section 406 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to set the notification time limit for emergency care at 15 days, as a condition of payment.
- Applies the 15-day limit to Indians who receive emergency medical care or services from a non-Service provider or in a non-Service facility.
- Keeps the existing rule for elderly or disabled Indians as subsection (b), which applies instead of the 15-day limit.
- Is cited as the Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (13-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 30-SEP-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Indian Affairs Committee (Senate)
Native Americans
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1 Democrat