Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care
§ 1644. Grants to and contracts with the Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations to facilitate outreach, enrollment, and coverage of Indians under Social Security Act health benefit programs and other health benefits programs
Statutory text
Indian tribes and tribal organizations
The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall make grants to or enter into contracts with Indian tribes and tribal organizations to assist such tribes and tribal organizations in establishing and administering programs on or near reservations and trust lands, including programs to provide outreach and enrollment through video, electronic delivery methods, or telecommunication devices that allow real-time or time-delayed communication between individual Indians and the benefit program, to assist individual Indians—
to enroll for benefits under a program established under title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq., 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.] and other health benefits programs; and
with respect to such programs for which the charging of premiums and cost sharing is not prohibited under such programs, to pay premiums or cost sharing for coverage for such benefits, which may be based on financial need (as determined by the Indian tribe or tribes or tribal organizations being served based on a schedule of income levels developed or implemented by such tribe, tribes, or tribal organizations).
Conditions
The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall place conditions as deemed necessary to effect the purpose of this section in any grant or contract which the Secretary makes with any Indian tribe or tribal organization pursuant to this section. Such conditions shall include requirements that the Indian tribe or tribal organization successfully undertake—
to determine the population of Indians eligible for the benefits described in subsection (a);
to educate Indians with respect to the benefits available under the respective programs;
to provide transportation for such individual Indians to the appropriate offices for enrollment or applications for such benefits; and
to develop and implement methods of improving the participation of Indians in receiving benefits under such programs.
Application to urban Indian organizations
In general
The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to grants and other funding to urban Indian organizations with respect to populations served by such organizations in the same manner they apply to grants and contracts with Indian tribes and tribal organizations with respect to programs on or near reservations.
Requirements
The Secretary shall include in the grants or contracts made or provided under paragraph (1) requirements that are—
consistent with the requirements imposed by the Secretary under subsection (b);
appropriate to urban Indian organizations and urban Indians; and
necessary to effect the purposes of this section.
Facilitating cooperation
The Secretary, acting through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall develop and disseminate best practices that will serve to facilitate cooperation with, and agreements between, States and the Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations with respect to the provision of health care items and services to Indians under the programs established under title XVIII, XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq., 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.].
Agreements relating to improving enrollment of Indians under Social Security Act health benefits programs
For provisions relating to agreements of the Secretary, acting through the Service, for the collection, preparation, and submission of applications by Indians for assistance under the Medicaid and children’s health insurance programs established under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.], and benefits under the Medicare program established under title XVIII of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.], see subsections (a) and (b) of section 1139 of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1320b–9].
Definition of premiums and cost sharing
In this section:
Premium
The term “premium” includes any enrollment fee or similar charge.
Cost sharing
The term “cost sharing” includes any deduction, deductible, copayment, coinsurance, or similar charge.
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 IV § 404 · 90 Stat. 1400
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1644
Pub. L. 94–437, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 96–537, § 6, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3176
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 94–437, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 96–537, § 6, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 3176Indian Health Amendments of 1992
Pub. L. 102–573 § 403(1) · 106 Stat. 4526
Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 1644(b)(4)
Pub. L. 102–573, § 403(1), amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “develop and implement a schedule of income levels to determine the extent of payment of premiums by such organization for coverage of needy individuals; and methods of improving the participation of Indians in receiving the benefits provided pursuant to titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 102–573, § 403(1), amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “develop and implement a schedule of income levels to determine the extent of payment of premiums by such organization for coverage of needy individuals; and methods of improving the participation of Indians in receiving the benefits provided pursuant to titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by amending subsection (b)(4) to read as follows: “(4) develop and implement— “(A) a schedule of income levels to determine the extent of payments of premiums by such organizations for coverage of needy individuals; and “(B) methods of improving the participation of Indians in receiving the benefits provided under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.”; andIndian Health Amendments of 1992
Pub. L. 102–573 § 403(2) · 106 Stat. 4526
Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 1644(c)
Pub. L. 102–573, § 403(2), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $5,750,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $6,615,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $7,610,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 403(2), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $5,750,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $6,615,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $7,610,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: “(c) The Secretary, acting through the Service, may enter into an agreement with an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization which provides for the receipt and processing of applications for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act and benefits under title XVIII of the Social Security Act at a Service facility or a health care facility administered by such tribe or organization pursuant to a contract under the Indian Self-Determination Act.”.Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Pub. L. 111–148 title X § 10221(a) · 124 Stat. 119
Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 1644
Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to grants to and contracts with tribal organizations
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to grants to and contracts with tribal organizations.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
References in Text
The Social Security Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (d), and (e), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Act are classified generally to subchapters XVIII (§ 1395 et seq.), XIX (§ 1396 et seq.), and XXI (§ 1397aa et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
Codification
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 153 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.
Section was formerly classified to section 1622 of this title.
Amendments1992–2010 · 2 rounds
2010
Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to grants to and contracts with tribal organizations.
1992
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 102–573, § 403(1), amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “develop and implement a schedule of income levels to determine the extent of payment of premiums by such organization for coverage of needy individuals; and methods of improving the participation of Indians in receiving the benefits provided pursuant to titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act.”
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 403(2), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending , $5,750,000 for the fiscal year ending , $6,615,000 for the fiscal year ending , and $7,610,000 for the fiscal year ending .”
Credits
1980–2010 · 3 acts
- 1980Pub. L. 94–437, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 96–537, § 6, , 94 Stat. 3176
- 1992amended Pub. L. 102–573, title IV, § 403, , 106 Stat. 4566
- 2010Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title IV, § 404, as added Pub. L. 96–537, § 6, , 94 Stat. 3176; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title IV, § 403, , 106 Stat. 4566; Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.)