§ 1680b. National Health Service Corps  


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  • (a) No reduction in services

    The Secretary shall not remove a member of the National Health Service Corps from an Indian health program or urban Indian organization or withdraw funding used to support such a member, unless the Secretary, acting through the Service, has ensured that the Indians receiving services from the member will experience no reduction in services.

    (b) Treatment of Indian health programs

    At the request of an Indian health program, the services of a member of the National Health Service Corps assigned to the Indian health program may be limited to the individuals who are eligible for services from that Indian health program.

(Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 812, formerly title VII, § 712, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title VII, § 706, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4828; renumbered title VIII, § 812, Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 701(a), (b), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4572; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

Codification

Codification

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 193 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.

Amendments

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally, revising and restating former provisions as subsec. (a) and adding subsec. (b).