mmpc - National Indian Health Board

Draft Report: Currently being circulated for Tribal leader and health director review and comment. Please provide
comments by October 30, 2012 to Liz Heintzman at the National Indian Health Board at EHeintzman@nihb.org.
APPENDIX A: PLAN SUMMARY AND BUDGET
Goal 1: CMS engages in meaningful consultation with Tribes and work closely with the Tribal Technical Advisory Group (TTAG).
Objectives & Tasks FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018
Objective 1a – On an annual basis, CMS will engage the TTAG to evaluate and revise the CMS Tribal Consultation Policy
Task 1: Evaluate and revise existing CMS Tribal Consultation
Policy, in collaboration with the TTAG and CMS Tribal Affairs
Group (TAG), and provide an opportunity for Tribal
consultation on the policy.
Task 2: Conduct an annual Tribal Consultation session. 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000 75,000
Task 3: Written annual report documenting and evaluating
consultation activities disseminated to partners in the first
quarter of each fiscal year to assess both consultation
processes and outcomes.
40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
Objective 1b – In collaboration with the TTAG, CMS will develop mechanisms to involve tribes in states that have federal-facilitated exchanges and partnership
exchanges to assure that I/T/U issues are addressed in the planning, policies, structure, and operations of those exchanges.
Task 1: Beginning in 2012, health insurance exchanges
workgroups that meet regularly to resolve issues.
Objective 1c – Each year, CMS will provide financial and administrative support to facilitate the ongoing activities of TTAG, and a sufficient budget to support TTAG
activities included in the 2013-2018 Strategic Plan.
Task 1: CMS will fully fund the Tribal Technical Advisory Group. 280,000 280,000 280,000 280,000 280,000 280,000
Task 2: CMS will actively seek American Indians and Alaska
Natives to hire for key policy positions.
25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
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