Advisory Committees Archives - Page 56 of 94

2016 – TSGAC – Opportunities for Partnerships between Tribal Health Programs and the Veterans Administration

Letter to Dr. Baligh Yehia, MD, Veterans Health Administration (VA) following up on the discussion held at the qtly. TSGAC mtg. held in July and providing comments on the VA’s proposals

2016- User Population Insurance Eligibility – Summary

Summary by Service Unit, Area, and All – information provided to TSGAC from IHS

2016- HHS Response to TSGAC Request for Agency Data

Letter responding to TSGAC request for the following data sets: 1) health insurance status of active Users by Service Unit (all Service Units); and 2) IHS appropriation by Service Unit (all Service Units)

2016 – TSGAC – Comments on FY 2015 Report to Congress on Administration of the Tribal Self-Governance Program

Comments submitted on behalf of the TSGAC regarding the Fiscal Year 2015 Report to Congress on the Administration of the Tribal Self-Governance Program

2016 – SGAC – Comments on the Implementation of the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act

Public Law 114-178 clearly affirms that ITARA does not replace the rights Tribes have to enter into Compacts. However the law should supplement and extend rights Tribes have under these Compacts and support expansion of Tribal Self-Determination. As such, SGAC provides the following comments to implement ITARA so that it maximizes Self-Governance.