Authors: Tribal Health Steering Committee of the Phoenix Area Indian Health Service

Publication Year: 2008

Last Updated: 2010-10-01 15:40:01

Journal: NA

Keywords: IHS, Consultation, recommendations, Budget, appropriations, priorities

Short Abstract:

Tribal leaders met on November 28-29, 2006 at the Phoenix Area Indian Health Service (IHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Consultation Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The major recommendation made by tribal leaders at the meeting included the need to target Program Increases in the FY 2009 IHS budget to the top priorities identified by the tribes and make available funds to maintain Current Services, such as pay costs, inflation and population growth to all line items within the budget.

The tribes focused their discussion on developing a recommended budget of $3,969,787,000. This amount reflects a request for an $800 million increase above the FY 2007 Presidents Budget request. This is the amount that tribes agreed, should go forward to the IHS as their priority recommendation. The tribal leadership noted that any level of appropriations that fall below an $800 million increase would not be sufficient to close the gap in health disparities among the American Indian population. Nor will it be adequate to address the unmet need for prevention, public health and medical services provided at IHS, and tribal and urban Indian health programs, and by contract health providers across the nation.

The tribal leaders decided on the top ten health priorities for the Phoenix Area and also developed a list of budgetary priorities for FY 2009. Per the IHS instructions, the tribal representatives developed recommendations for increases at 2%, 4%, $200 million and $800 million

Abstract:

Tribal leaders met on November 28-29, 2006 at the Phoenix Area Indian Health Service (IHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget Consultation Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The major recommendation made by tribal leaders at the meeting included the need to target Program Increases in the FY 2009 IHS budget to the top priorities identified by the tribes and make available funds to maintain Current Services, such as pay costs, inflation and population growth to all line items within the budget.

The tribes focused their discussion on developing a recommended budget of $3,969,787,000. This amount reflects a request for an $800 million increase above the FY 2007 Presidents Budget request. This is the amount that tribes agreed, should go forward to the IHS as their priority recommendation. The tribal leadership noted that any level of appropriations that fall below an $800 million increase would not be sufficient to close the gap in health disparities among the American Indian population. Nor will it be adequate to address the unmet need for prevention, public health and medical services provided at IHS, and tribal and urban Indian health programs, and by contract health providers across the nation.

The tribal leaders decided on the top ten health priorities for the Phoenix Area and also developed a list of budgetary priorities for FY 2009. Per the IHS instructions, the tribal representatives developed recommendations for increases at 2%, 4%, $200 million and $800 million

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