Full witness lists for Senate hearings on Indian health
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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The
Senate Indian Affairs
Committee hold two oversight hearings on Thursday to discuss Indian health issues.
The first hearing focus on dental health in Indian Country. The witness list follows:
DR. RONALD L. TANKERSLEY
D.D.5., President, American Dental Association
MS. EVANGELYN "ANGEL" DOTOMAIN
MBA, President/CEO of Alaska Native Health Board
DR. PATRICIA TARREN
BDSMPHIL, Staff Pediatric Dentist, Department of
Dentistry at Hennepin County Medical
Center
The second hearing focuses on
contract
health services, which the
Indian Health Service
uses to pay for care provided outside of the IHS system. The money typically
runs out within a few months of every fiscal year. The witness list follows:
DR. YVETTE ROUBIDEAUX
Director of Indian Health Service
MS CONNIE WHIDDEN
Health Director, Seminole Tribe of Florida
MR MICKEY PEERCY
Executive Director of Health Services, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
The hearings take place immediately following a business meeting at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.
Committee Notices:
BUSINESS
MEETING on pending committee issues (December 3, 2009)
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Expanding
Dental Health Care in Indian Country (December 3, 2009)
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Promises Made,
Promises Broken: The Impact of Chronic Underfunding of Contract Health
Services (December 3, 2009)
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