Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care
§ 1621s. Prompt action on payment of claims
Statutory text
Time of response
The Service shall respond to a notification of a claim by a provider of a contract care service with either an individual purchase order or a denial of the claim within 5 working days after the receipt of such notification.
Failure to timely respond
If the Service fails to respond to a notification of a claim in accordance with subsection (a), the Service shall accept as valid the claim submitted by the provider of a contract care service.
Time of payment
The Service shall pay a completed contract care service claim within 30 days after completion of the claim.
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 § 220 · 90 Stat. 1400
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1621s
(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4558.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4558.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, , 106 Stat. 4558.)