Supreme Court Grants Cert For Funding Dispute Between Tribes, HHS

( November 20, 2023, 10:56 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 20 granted two petitions for certiorari filed by the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine whether the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA) requires the Indian Health Service (IHS) to pay “contract support costs” for expenditures of income collected by Indian tribes from third parties under federal self-determination contracts....