REAUTHORIZATION OF THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE 65-783 O APRIL 21 AND 22, 1980 WASHINGTON, D.C. Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs CONTENTS Page Bad Hand, Howard P., program analyst, National Indian Health Board__ Barrett, Carol, student college coordinator, INMED program_. Calcagno, Dr. Philip L., consultant, Committee on Indian Health, and chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University-- Emanuel, Carolyn, executive director, Pembroke Medical Services, Pem- Maynor, Kenneth R., executive director, Lumbee Regional Development 233 130 Steele, Lois, program director, INMED program, University of North ADDITIONAL MATERIAL RECEIVED FOR THE RECORD Statement of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, with attachment----- Letter from Amos Tripp, Abinanti & Tripp, attorneys at law, with en- Statement by Ted Zuern, S. J., on behalf of the Friends Committee on National Legislation and the National Office of Jesuit Social Ministries_ Letter from Irvin O. Overton, president, National Association of Com- munity Health Center, Inc., with enclosed statement--- Statement of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board.. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 1202, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator John Melcher (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senator Melcher. Staff present: Max Richtman, staff director; Jo Jo Hunt, staff attorney; John Mulkey, professional staff member; and Laurie Loomis, professional staff member. Senator MELCHER. The committee will come to order. This morning we are meeting in public hearing on the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. The purpose of this 2-day hearing before the committee is to receive testimony from Indian organizations, other interested parties, and the administration on the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. This act authorizes appropriations for the various programs contained therein for fiscal years 1978 through 1980 and provides that authorizations for appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 must be specifically authorized by an act enacted after the original act. The committee has already held three oversight hearings in which testimony was heard regarding the reauthorization of this act, and upon conclusion of this 2-day hearing in Washington the committee will draft a bill to reauthorize Public Law 94–437. The administration has transmitted proposed legislation, but it has been the committee's opinion that this barebones proposal does not address some of the problems expressed by witnesses in our other hearings. After hearing from witnesses today and tomorrow, the committee will take it upon itself to decide whether or not the administration's proposals should be considered as such or, more likely, be broadened out somewhat. We have a number of witnesses this morning. All witnesses will be asked to summarize their statements, or read their statements if they take less than 10 minutes in total. Otherwise we ask you to summarize so that we will, conceivably, have time to make some comments or ask you questions on the content of your statements. We will rigidly adhere to that rule because the time frame that that will allow us will permit us to have this hearing concluded by noon today. That is a necessity for the committee this morning. Without objection, a copy of Public Law 94-437 will be included in the record at this point. [Public Law 94-437 follows. Testimony resumes on p. 17.] (1) |