Title 25 — Indians
Part A · Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care
§ 1665d. Mental health technician program
Statutory text
In general
Pursuant to section 13 of this title, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a mental health technician program within the Service which—
provides for the training of Indians as mental health technicians; and
employs such technicians in the provision of community-based mental health care that includes identification, prevention, education, referral, and treatment services.
Paraprofessional training
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Service, shall provide high-standard paraprofessional training in mental health care necessary to provide quality care to the Indian communities to be served. Such training shall be based upon a curriculum developed or approved by the Secretary which combines education in the theory of mental health care with supervised practical experience in the provision of such care.
Supervision and evaluation of technicians
The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall supervise and evaluate the mental health technicians in the training program.
Traditional health care practices
The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall ensure that the program established pursuant to this section involves the use and promotion of the traditional health care practices of the Indian tribes to be served.
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 VII § 705 · 90 Stat. 1400
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1665d
(Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 705, 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 VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 705. availability of funds The funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section 705 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 181 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 1665d, Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 702(a), , 106 Stat. 4576, provided for program of training and community education about alcohol and substance abuse, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 111–148.
Credits
(Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.)