§1616p — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary, through the Service, can pay for pilot programs in Indian health programs to fix long-term shortages of health workers. Pilots must give students and residents hands-on experience, improve access to qualified providers, offer regional academic opportunities, and train alternative providers like community health representatives and aides. Each pilot must include an advisory board that can have tribal, program, and community representatives.

Title 25, §1616p

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Service, may fund demonstration programs for Indian health programs to address the chronic shortages of health professionals.

(b)The purposes of demonstration programs under subsection (a) shall be—

(1)to provide direct clinical and practical experience within an Indian health program to health profession students and residents from medical schools;

(2)to improve the quality of health care for Indians by ensuring access to qualified health professionals;

(3)to provide academic and scholarly opportunities for health professionals serving Indians by identifying all academic and scholarly resources of the region; and

(4)to provide training and support for alternative provider types, such as community health representatives, and community health aides.

(c)The demonstration programs established pursuant to subsection (a) shall incorporate a program advisory board, which may be composed of representatives of tribal governments, Indian health programs, and Indian communities in the areas to be served by the demonstration programs.

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Editorial Notes

Codification section 123 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 112 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 1616p, Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 117(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4544, authorized appropriations through fiscal year 2000 to carry out this subchapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935. The repeal is based on section 101(b)(1) 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.

§1616p Health professional chronic shortage demonstration programs

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Title 25, §1616p

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