United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 25. INDIANS |
Chapter 18. INDIAN HEALTH CARE |
SubChapter VI. MISCELLANEOUS |
§ 1680r. Tribal health program option for cost sharing
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(a) In general Nothing in this chapter limits the ability of a tribal health program operating any health program, service, function, activity, or facility funded, in whole or part, by the Service through, or provided for in, a compact with the Service pursuant to title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa et seq.) to charge an Indian for services provided by the tribal health program.
(b) Service Nothing in this chapter authorizes the Service— (1) to charge an Indian for services; or (2) to require any tribal health program to charge an Indian for services.
References In Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 94–437,
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93–638,
Codification
Section 828 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 197 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.