President 30: GRADING THE PRESIDENT’S February PROPOSED FY 2018 IHS BUDGET Senate House 2018 FY 2018 Criteria or Budget Principle Grade Budget Information Shared with Tribes in 1 D Consultation Sessions Prior to release date.. Appropriate adjustment will be made to fully 2 F cover expected inflation. Appropriate increases will be included to 3 F address population growth. Appropriate adjustments will be made to 4 fund Tribal and federal employee F compensation. The Purchased and Referred Care Budget will 5 D fully fund deferred services. Collection estimates are not represented as 6 fulfilling the federal responsibility to fully fund C the IHS budget. Increases will be provided to address the goals 7 D of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Full funding to support new facility staffing packages so they do not compete with 8 F resources to support current services or program expansion. The Catastrophic Health Emergency (CHEF) 9 Fund will be budgeted at a level to cover all D qualifying cases. Funding will be provided to cover Contract 10 Support Costs for Tribes electing to compact or C contract their health care services. Adequately support maintenance of IHS and 11 F Tribal health facilities. The public announcements relating to the 12 budget will honestly depict what is in the D budget. Provides adequate funding to reduce health 13 F disparities. Honor the federal trust responsibility to 14 provide health care services to American F Indians and Alaska Natives. Overall D -
30: GRADING THE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSED FY 2018 IHS BUDGET President February 2018 Senate House Criteria or Budget Principle FY 2018 Grade 1 Budget Information Shared with Tribes in Consultation Sessions Prior to release date.. D 2 Appropriate adjustment will be made to fully cover expected inflation. F 3 Appropriate increases will be included to address population growth. F 4 Appropriate adjustments will be made to fund Tribal and federal employee compensation. F 5 The Purchased and Referred Care Budget will fully fund deferred services. D 6 Collection estimates are not represented as fulfilling the federal responsibility to fully fund the IHS budget. C 7 Increases will be provided to address the goals of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. D 8 Full funding to support new facility staffing packages so they do not compete with resources to support current services or program expansion. F 9 The Catastrophic Health Emergency (CHEF) Fund will be budgeted at a level to cover all qualifying cases. D 10 Funding will be provided to cover Contract Support Costs for Tribes electing to compact or contract their health care services. C 11 Adequately support maintenance of IHS and Tribal health facilities. F 12 The public announcements relating to the budget will honestly depict what is in the budget. D 13 Provides adequate funding to reduce health disparities. F 14 Honor the federal trust responsibility to provide health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. F Overall D -
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