Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care
§ 1616i. Additional incentives for health professionals
Statutory text
Incentive special pay
The Secretary may provide the incentive special pay authorized under section 302(b) or 335(b) of title 37 to civilian medical officers of the Indian Health Service who are assigned to, and serving in, positions included in the list established under subsection (b)(1) for which recruitment or retention of personnel is difficult.
List of positions; bonus pay
The Secretary shall establish and update on an annual basis a list of positions of health care professionals employed by, or assigned to, the Service for which recruitment or retention is difficult.
The Secretary may pay a bonus to any commissioned officer or civil service employee, other than a commissioned medical officer, dental officer, optometrist, and veterinarian, who is employed in or assigned to, and serving in, a position in the Service included in the list established by the Secretary under paragraph (1).
The total amount of bonus payments made by the Secretary under this paragraph to any employee during any 1-year period shall not exceed $2,000.
Work schedules
The Secretary may establish programs to allow the use of flexible work schedules, and compressed work schedules, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 61 of title 5, for health professionals employed by, or assigned to, the Service.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Indian Health Care Improvement Act
Pub. L. 94–437 title I § 116 · 90 Stat. 1400
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1616i
Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 109, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4798
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 109, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4798Indian Health Amendments of 1992
Pub. L. 102–573 § 901(1) · 106 Stat. 4526
Struck · 25 U.S.C. § 1616i(d)
Pub. L. 102–573, § 901(1), struck out subsec. (d) which required a report to Congress by the Secretary no later than 6 months after Nov. 23, 1988, relating to overtime pay for individuals employed by the Service
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, § 901(1), struck out subsec. (d) which required a report to Congress by the Secretary no later than 6 months after Nov. 23, 1988, relating to overtime pay for individuals employed by the Service.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in section 116, by striking out subsection (d);Indian Health Amendments of 1992
Pub. L. 102–573 § 117(b)(8) · 106 Stat. 4526
Struck · 25 U.S.C. § 1616i(e)
Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(8), struck out subsec. (e) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(8), struck out subsec. (e) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(8) in section 116, by striking out subsection (e).National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
Pub. L. 115–91 div. A title VI § 618(f) · 131 Stat. 1283
Inserted · 25 U.S.C. § 1616i(a)
Pub. L. 115–91 inserted “or 335(b)” after “section 302(b)”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91 inserted “or 335(b)” after “section 302(b)”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(f) Additional Incentives for Health Professionals of the Indian Health Service.— Section 116(a) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1616i(a)) is amended by inserting “or 335(b)” after “section 302(b)”.
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1992–2017 · 2 rounds
2017
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91 inserted “or 335(b)” after “section 302(b)”.
1992
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, § 901(1), struck out subsec. (d) which required a report to Congress by the Secretary no later than 6 months after , relating to overtime pay for individuals employed by the Service.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(8), struck out subsec. (e) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.
Credits
1988–2017 · 3 acts
- 1988Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 109, , 102 Stat. 4798
- 1992amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 117(b)(8), title IX, § 901(1), , 106 Stat. 4544, 4590
- 2017Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VI, § 618(f), , 131 Stat. 1427.
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 109, , 102 Stat. 4798; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 117(b)(8), title IX, § 901(1), , 106 Stat. 4544, 4590; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VI, § 618(f), , 131 Stat. 1427.)