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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care

§ 1663. Office of Direct Service Tribes

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established within the Service an office, to be known as the “Office of Direct Service Tribes”.

(b)

Treatment

The Office of Direct Service Tribes shall be located in the Office of the Director.

(c)

Duties

The Office of Direct Service Tribes shall be responsible for—

(1)

providing Service-wide leadership, guidance and support for direct service tribes to include strategic planning and program evaluation;

(2)

ensuring maximum flexibility to tribal health and related support systems for Indian beneficiaries;

(3)

serving as the focal point for consultation and participation between direct service tribes and organizations and the Service in the development of Service policy;

(4)

holding no less than biannual consultations with direct service tribes in appropriate locations to gather information and aid in the development of health policy; and

(5)

directing a national program and providing leadership and advocacy in the development of health policy, program management, budget formulation, resource allocation, and delegation support for direct service tribes.

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.

  1. Indian Health Care Improvement Act

    Pub. L. 94–437 title VI § 603 · 90 Stat. 1400

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1663

    (Pub. L. 94–437, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 94–437, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section 603 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 172 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.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1663, Pub. L. 94–437, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title VI, § 603, , 106 Stat. 4571, authorized appropriations through fiscal year 2000 to carry out this subchapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935. The repeal is based on section 101(b)(10) 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.

Credits

(Pub. L. 94–437, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.)

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