PASSED: Cortez Masto's Bipartisan Bill to Make it Easier for Indian Health Services to Recruit and Retain Doctors
December 17, 2024
December 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release:
Today, the Senate passed the Indian Health Services (IHS) Workforce Parity Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to make it easier for IHS to recruit and retain medical workers. Specifically, this bipartisan bill improves health care in Tribal communities by allowing providers working part-time to access IHS scho . . .
Today, the Senate passed the Indian Health Services (IHS) Workforce Parity Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to make it easier for IHS to recruit and retain medical workers. Specifically, this bipartisan bill improves health care in Tribal communities by allowing providers working part-time to access IHS scho . . .