Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care
§ 1623. Special rules relating to Indians
Statutory text
No Cost-sharing for Indians with income at or below 300 percent of poverty enrolled in coverage through a State Exchange
For provisions prohibiting cost sharing for Indians enrolled in any qualified health plan in the individual market through an Exchange, see section 18071(d) of title 42.
Payer of last resort
Health programs operated by the Indian Health Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations (as those terms are defined in section 1603 of this title) shall be the payer of last resort for services provided by such Service, tribes, or organizations to individuals eligible for services through such programs, notwithstanding any Federal, State, or local law to the contrary.
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.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Pub. L. 111–148 title II § 2901(a) · 124 Stat. 119
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1623
(Pub. L. 111–148, title II, § 2901(a), (b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 333.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–148, title II, § 2901(a), (b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 333.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) No Cost-sharing for Indians With Income at or Below 300 Percent of Poverty Enrolled in Coverage Through a State Exchange.— For provisions prohibiting cost sharing for Indians enrolled in any qualified health plan in the individual market through an Exchange, see section 1402(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is comprised of subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 2901 of Pub. L. 111–148. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 2901 amended sections 1396a and 1320b–9, respectively, of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Section was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and not as part of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act which comprises this chapter.
Credits
(Pub. L. 111–148, title II, § 2901(a), (b), , 124 Stat. 333.)