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Questions for the Record — Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5549 (July 28, 2022)

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Questions for the Record from Rep. Ruben Gallego for Ms. Elizabeth Fowler, Acting Director, Indian Health Service, follow the Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5549 on July 28, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET. The first question says the new River People Health Center opened on the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community reservation in January and that, from the community's account, there have been significant delays in providing funding for staffing. It asks whether advanced appropriations for IHS this year would have sped up reimbursement of the community for the cost of operating the center. The second question asks Fowler to confirm that IHS will work with Congress so information on the staffing package funding is provided in time for the FY23 appropriations bill.

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                 COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
     SUBCOMMITTEE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE UNITED STATES
                     1324 LHOB & CISCO WEBEX
                       July 28, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET

                                      Questions for the Record

                                Legislative Hearing on H.R. 5549

Questions from Rep. Ruben Gallego for Ms. Elizabeth Fowler, Acting Director, Indian Health
Service

   1. Ms. Fowler, after many years of planning and work, the new River People Health
          Center opened on the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC)
          reservation this January. The new state of the art facility will serve all tribes and
          urban Indians in the Phoenix metropolitan region, while taking an important load
          off of the Phoenix Indian Medical Center. Unfortunately, I understand from SRPMIC
          that there have been significant delays in providing funding for the staffing of the
          facility, forcing the tribe to shoulder a financial burden in the 10s of millions of
          dollars. Part of the delay is due to the fact that this was a new facility and therefore
          the funding had to be specifically apportioned by the Office of Management and
          Budget, adding more than two months of delay for this step alone. If IHS had
          advanced appropriations in place for this year, would this have sped up the process
          of getting SRPMIC reimbursed for the cost of operating the River People Health
          Center?
   2. Additionally, in the case of the River People Health Center, can you confirm that IHS
          will work with Congress to ensure that all information on funding for the staffing
          package that still needs to be appropriated will be provided in a timely manner to
          ensure it is included in the FY23 appropriations bill?

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