Elevate the Indian Health Service director

Stanton and Rep. David Joyce reintroduced legislation to make the Indian Health Service Director an Assistant Secretary for Indian Health within the Department of Health and Human Services. They said the change is intended to improve Native American health outcomes.

Context: This was a bipartisan bill reintroduced by Stanton and Joyce; the passage does not state its enactment status.

In their own words

elevate the current role of the Indian Health Service Director to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health

The source

Greg Stanton: official policy priorities ↗

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