Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Improving Tribal Cultural Training for Providers Act of 2024.
Section 2. Tribal culture and history
Section 113 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1616f) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking a program and inserting an annual mandatory training program; and
(B) by striking appropriate employees of the Service and inserting employees of the Service, locum tenens medical providers, health care volunteers, and other contracted employees who work at Service hospitals or other Service units and whose employment requires regular direct patient access; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(c) Requirement To complete training program
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of the Improving Tribal Cultural Training for Providers Act of 2024, each employee or provider described in subsection (a) who enters into a contract with the Service shall, as a condition of employment, annually participate in and complete the program established under subsection (a).