DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Indian Health Service indian health services For an additional amount for “Indian Health Services”, for health information technology activities, $85,000,000: Provided, That such funds may be used for both telehealth services development and related infrastructure requirements that are typically funded through the “Indian Health Facilities” account: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, health information technology funds provided within this title shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service. indian health facilities For an additional amount for “Indian Health Facilities”, for facilities construction projects, deferred maintenance and improvement projects, the backlog of sanitation projects and the purchase of equipment, $415,000,000, of which $227,000,000 is provided within the health facilities construction activity for the completion of up to two facilities from the current priority list for which work has already been initiated: Provided, That for the purposes of this Act, spending caps included within the annual appropriation for “Indian Health Facilities” for the purchase of medical equipment shall not apply: Provided further, That section 1606 of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts entered into by the Service with this appropriation.