NIHB Supports Budget Reconciliation Package with Letter to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

On Friday, February 12, NIHB sent a letter to Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressing support for the budget reconciliation package proposed by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Mirroring the House budget recommendations, it included:

  • $5.484 billion for Indian Health Service
  • $2 billion third-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.