Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 30, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1332-1340)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes for for FY2007-FY2012 and revises the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act. Requires any Department of Health and Human Services grant to or contract with Papa Ola Lokahi (an organization of public agencies and private organizations focused on improving the health status of Native Hawaiians) to support community-based initiatives that reflect holistic approaches to health.
Requires Papa Ola Lokahi to report to Congress on the impact of federal and state health care financing mechanisms and policies on the health and well-being of Native Hawaiians.
Makes Papa Ola Lokahi eligible to receive research endowments under the Public Health Service Act.
Adds to authorized services the support of culturally appropriate activities enhancing health and wellness, including land-, water-, ocean-, and spiritually-based projects and programs.
Allows a priority for Native Hawaiian health scholarships to be provided to employees of the Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems and the Native Hawaiian Health Centers. Allows the provision of financial assistance to a scholarship recipient during the period of obligated service in any of such health care systems or health centers.
Authorizes Papa Ola Lokahi to provide fellowships to Native Hawaiian health professionals.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allocate funds to carry out Native Hawaiian demonstration projects of national significance, including the establishment of specified Native Hawaiian Centers of Excellence. Deems the Papa Ola Lokahi as a qualified Center of Excellence.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 30, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Jan 30, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1332)
- Jan 30, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1332-1340)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1332Text printed S1332–S1340 | Daniel K. Inouye D-HI (text) | Jan 30, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Agriculture and Food
- Alcoholism
- Alternative medicine
- Asthma
- Authorization
- Breast cancer
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Cervical cancer
- Child health
- Chronically ill
- Colleges
- Communicable diseases
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Data banks
- Dental care
- Diabetes
- Diet
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational counseling
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to Indians
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hawaii
- Hawaiians
- Health
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health planning
- Higher education
- Holistic medicine
- Hypertension
- Indian children
- Indian education
- Indian medical care
- Indian women
- Infant mortality
- Life expectancy
- Low birth weight
- Lung cancer
- Maternal and infant welfare
- Maternal health services
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Minorities
- Minorities in medicine
- Minority education
- Minority health
- Mortality
- Native Americans
- Obesity
- Paramedical personnel
- Preventive medicine
- Prostate cancer
- Respiratory diseases
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Smoking
- Stroke
- Surplus government property
- Teenage pregnancy
- Telemedicine
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2007Introduced in Senate
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