United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 25. INDIANS |
Chapter 18. INDIAN HEALTH CARE |
SubChapter II. HEALTH SERVICES |
§ 1621b. Health promotion and disease prevention services
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(a) Authorization The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall provide health promotion and disease prevention services to Indians so as to achieve the health status objectives set forth in section 1602(b) of this title.
(b) Evaluation statement for Presidential budget The Secretary shall submit to the President for inclusion in each statement which is required to be submitted to the Congress under section 1671 of this title an evaluation of— (1) the health promotion and disease prevention needs of Indians, (2) the health promotion and disease prevention activities which would best meet such needs, (3) the internal capacity of the Service to meet such needs, and (4) the resources which would be required to enable the Service to undertake the health promotion and disease prevention activities necessary to meet such needs.
References In Text
Section 1602 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was amended generally by Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a),
Amendments
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 203(1), inserted before period at end “so as to achieve the health status objectives set forth in section 1602(b) of this title”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 203(2), in introductory provisions, substituted “section 1671” for “section 1621(f)”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 203(3), struck out subsec. (c) which directed establishment of between 1 and 4 health-related demonstration projects to terminate 30 months after
Miscellaneous
Pub. L. 100–713, title II, § 203(a),