Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988

(Measure passed House, amended) Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, Papa Ola Lokahi (the Native Hawaiian Health Board) to develop a comprehensive master plan to promote health and disease prevention services and to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Allows the Secretary to make grants to or contract with qualified entities to provide health promotion and disease prevention services, giving preference to Native Hawaiian health centers and organizations. Allows grants and contracts for planning health centers to serve the communities on specified islands. Enumerates the mandatory services to be provided by funding recipients, including outreach services, immunizations, diabetes control, nutrition services, and pregnancy care. Allows service to be provided by traditional Native Hawaiian healers. Limits the number and location of entities that may be grant or contract recipients. Limits Federal contributions to 75 percent and requires matching funds. Places limitations on charges for services. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or contract with Papa Ola Lokahi for: (1) coordination, implementation, and updating of the master plan; (2) training of certain personnel; and (3) identification of and research into the diseases most prevalent among Native Hawaiians. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Sets forth requirements for the administration of grants and contracts. Requires that certain conditions are met, including establishing fiscal control and accounting procedures, providing services for individuals with limited English language ability, providing confidentiality of records, and submitting annual reports. Establishes procedures for contract evaluation, including procedures for resolving areas of noncompliance or unsatisfactory performance before renewing a contract. Restricts the use of funds for administrative expenses. Requires each entity receiving or expending funds under this Act to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary and Papa Ola Lokahi. Authorizes the assignment of certain HHS personnel to grantees and contractors. Repeals a specified demonstration project under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended by the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1988.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for FY 1989 and each year thereafter, to enter into contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations to provide funds to such organizations to establish and administer health promotion and disease prevention programs to serve Native Hawaiians (including the prevention and treatment of certain Native Hawaiian related health problems, the collection of data, and the training of Native Hawaiian community health outreach workers). Establishes the Native Hawaiian Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Advisory Board to oversee contract and grant awards and to report to the Secretary and the Congress. Requires the Secretary to provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations to develop the management capabilities of such organizations to plan and operate the health promotion and disease prevention program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a Native Hawaiian organization (or any Native Hawaiian educational institution) to provide education to Native Hawaiian children in health promotion and disease prevention. Directs the Secretary to establish a Native Hawaiian Program for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention demonstration project in Hawaii to explore ways to meet the unique health care needs of Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate Native Hawaiians as a medically underserved population; (2) provide grants to Native Hawaiian organizations for the planning of community health centers to serve the Native community; and (3) establish community health centers. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Governor of Hawaii regarding grants for the planning and developing of community health centers to serve the Native Hawaiian community. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 to provide for such grants and to provide for the establishment of community health centers. Authorizes the Secretary to designate Native Hawaiians as a population group that has a health manpower shortage for purposes of the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary to provide health service scholarship assistance to Native Hawaiian students. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts with Native Hawaiian organizations for the provision of health care referral services for Native Hawaiians. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations that provide specified criteria for the selection of such organizations. Requires organizations that receive or expend funds pursuant to such contracts to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of any barriers that may exist to the participation of Native Hawaiians in specified programs established under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Secretary, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 and thereafter. Requires the Secretary to make a grant under the Public Health Service Act to the University of Hawaii for the construction of a building for a Pacific Basin disease research institute. Provides that the Secretary is not required to secure the advice of the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education with respect to such grant. Requires a 50 percent Federal matching share for the costs of construction of such building. Authorizes appropriations.