Page 2 Issue 4. Provide for full funding of tribal health delivery systems costs. 5. Extend the Health Facilities Construction Priority System process to include construction of new tribal health centers and health stations. 6. Authorize the continued use of Federal employees in staffing medical, dental and allied health positions within tribally operated health programs. Exemptions from the FTE reductions should be granted for positions occupied by Federal employees assigned to tribal governments under the Inter-Governmental Personnel Act (IPA's) or Memoranda of Agreement (MOA's). Personnel regulations should be amended to encourage placement of federal employees to tribal governments. 7. Federal policy and health care reform must not require tribal programs to be dependent upon state run health care programs. The Bemidji Area Indian Health Service serves 29 tribes within the three state area (Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin) and there are a total of 13 service units. The Area also encompasses five urban programs (Detroit, MI, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, Green Bay and Milwaukee, WI). The largest tribe is Chippewa, but there are also Menominee, Oneida, Mohican, Winnebago, Ottawa, Potawatomi and Sioux Tribes. additional tribal groups are in the process of requesting federal recognition. Two Menominee, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee f. Percent Educational Attainment Over 25 Years Age 5/ The Bemidji Area has the following types of facilities: rage J The two hospitals (Cass Lake, MN and Red Lake, MN) are essentially of a obstetrical deliveries or short-stay recuperative nature with no surgical services provided. The bed capacity at Cass Lake is 11 (9 medical adult and 2 medical pediatric) while Red Lake has 23 beds (10 medical adult, 9 medical pediatric and 4 obstetric). |