S. 1055 · 119th Congress

Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act

Introduced on Mar 13, 2025 by Mike Rounds (R-SD). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 30, 2026): Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5298; text: CR S5298)

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Mar 13, 2025
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Native Americans
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Minority health

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in Senate, Mar 13, 2025). Public domain.

Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act

This bill extends from 72 hours to 15 days the time period to notify the Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) program of emergency medical care received from a non-Indian Health Service (IHS) medical provider or at a non-IHS medical facility. This bill does not apply to individuals who are elderly or disabled, who continue to have a 30-day notification requirement for emergency services.

The IHS provides medical and dental services directly to American Indian and Alaska Native patients whenever possible. The PRC program pays for medical or dental care that is provided away from an IHS or tribal health care facility. The PRC program must be notified of requests for authorization of payment for health care services from a non-IHS provider.

Currently in emergency cases, the patient, an individual on behalf of the patient, or the medical care provider must, within 72 hours after the beginning of treatment for the condition or after admission to a health care facility, notify a PRC authorizing official of the need for the emergency medical care. This bill instead allows the patient, other individual, or provider to notify PRC within 15 days of the treatment or admission.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike RoundsR-SDSponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 13, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
  3. Feb 4, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
  4. Aug 5, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  5. Sep 23, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-152.
  6. Sep 23, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-152.
  7. Sep 23, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 681.
  8. Sep 30, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Sep 30, 2026 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5298; text: CR S5298)

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. THE VANGUARD GROUP3 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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