Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care
§ 1621q. Prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases
Statutory text
Grants authorized
The Secretary, acting through the Service, and after consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants available to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the following:
Projects for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV, respiratory syncytial virus, hanta virus, sexually transmitted diseases, and H. pylori.
Public information and education programs for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases.
Education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities in the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases for health professionals, including allied health professionals.
Demonstration projects for the screening, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Application required
The Secretary may provide funding under subsection (a) only if an application or proposal for funding is submitted to the Secretary.
Coordination with health agencies
Indian tribes and tribal organizations receiving funding under this section are encouraged to coordinate their activities with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State and local health agencies.
Technical assistance; report
In carrying out this section, the Secretary—
may, at the request of an Indian tribe or tribal organization, provide technical assistance; and
shall prepare and submit a report to Congress biennially on the use of funds under this section and on the progress made toward the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases among Indians and urban Indians.
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 II § 218 · 90 Stat. 1400
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1621q
Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 218, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 214, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4556
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 218, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 214, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4556Pub. L. 103–437 § 10(e)(1) · 108 Stat. 4581
Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1621q(d)(4)
Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Indian” for “Select Committee on Indian”
Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1621q(d)(4)
Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Indian” for “Select Committee on Indian” and “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) The provisions specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection are amended by— (A) striking “Select”; and (B) striking “Interior and Insular Affairs” and substituting “Natural Resources”.Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Pub. L. 111–148 title X § 10221(a) · 124 Stat. 119
Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 1621q
Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), S. 1790 entitled “A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, and for other purposes.”, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in December 2009, is enacted into law.
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 133 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.
Amendments1994–2010 · 2 rounds
2010
Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis.
1994
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Indian” for “Select Committee on Indian” and “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Coverage of Testing for COVID–19 at No Cost Sharing for Indians Receiving Purchased/Referred Care
Pub. L. 116–127, div. F, § 6007, , 134 Stat. 208, provided that: “The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall cover, without the imposition of any cost sharing requirements, the cost of providing any COVID–19 related items and services as described in paragraph (1) of section 6001(a) [of Pub. L. 116–127, 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5 note] (or the administration of such products) or visits described in paragraph (2) of such section furnished during any portion of the emergency period defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 320b–5(g) [1320b–5(g)]) beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [] to Indians (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)) receiving health services through the Indian Health Service, including through an Urban Indian Organization, regardless of whether such items or services have been authorized under the purchased/referred care system funded by the Indian Health Service or is covered as a health service of the Indian Health Service.”
Credits
1992–2010 · 3 acts
- 1992Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 218, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 214, , 106 Stat. 4556
- 1994amended Pub. L. 103–437, § 10(e)(1), (2)(B), , 108 Stat. 4589
- 2010Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 218, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 214, , 106 Stat. 4556; amended Pub. L. 103–437, § 10(e)(1), (2)(B), , 108 Stat. 4589; Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.)