Authors: Moke Eaglefeathers

Publication Year: 2007

Last Updated: 2010-09-27

Journal: NCUIH

Keywords: UIHP, Urban Indian Health Program, budget elimination, appropriations, FY 2007, Testimony, Congress, Moke Eaglefeathers

Abstract:

"The Committee has included the funding level for urban health centers in the bill itself in order to underscore the importance of this program and the Committee's intention to insure that funding is continued in the Service's budget. The Committee is dismayed by reports from tribes that the Department of Health and Human Services has instructed the Service to proceed with plans to close down the 34 urban centers, despite the fact that the House Committee on Appropriations is already on record as disagreeing with the proposal for elimination. The Committee stresses that no funds were provided in fiscal year 2006 to effect the closure of these facilities and it expects the Department to refrain from any further action until House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have concluded negotiations on the 2007 budget.”

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