{"id":13123,"date":"2021-06-21T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=13123"},"modified":"2021-06-21T12:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T16:21:39","slug":"tribal-health-data-improvement-act-back-on-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/06\/21\/tribal-health-data-improvement-act-back-on-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribal Health Data Improvement Act back on agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tribal Health Data Improvement Act back on agenda<\/div>\r\n
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<\/p>\r\nA bipartisan bill to ensure that tribes have access to the same public health data as states is once again moving forward on Capitol Hill.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nH.R.3841<\/a>, the Tribal Health Data Improvement Act, is scheduled for passage in the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> as soon as Tuesday. It will be considered under a suspension of the rules, according to the Majority Leader’s calendar<\/a>, a process typically used for non-controversial measures.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe bill address an issue that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. Tribal health authorities discovered that they aren’t able to access information at the Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>, which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>, where key data<\/a> is kept.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n\u201cOur sovereign tribal nations and tribal epidemiology centers were always supposed to have equal access to public health data as states, counties, and cities. But for years, many tribes have faced many challenges while trying to access this public health data,\u201d Rep. Markwayne Mullin<\/a> (R-Oklahoma), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation<\/a>, said when introducing H.R.3841 on June 11<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n \u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of equal access to this data in order for tribes to make decisions for their communities, and the Tribal Health Data Improvement Act makes that happen,\u201d said Mullin.\r\n

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