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§1623 Special rules relating to Indians

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - INDIAN HEALTH CARE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - HEALTH SERVICES › § 1623

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

No-cost-sharing rules for Indians in Exchange individual-market qualified health plans are at 42 U.S.C. 18071(d). IHS (federal agency), Indian tribes (tribal governments), tribal organizations (tribal entities), and Urban Indian organizations (urban Native-serving groups) must pay last for services to people who are eligible for those programs, even if other laws say otherwise.

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Title 25, §1623

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(a)For provisions prohibiting cost sharing for Indians enrolled in any qualified health plan in the individual market through an Exchange, see section 18071(d) of title 42.
(b)Health programs operated by the Indian Health Service, Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations (as those terms are defined in section 1603 of this title) shall be the payer of last resort for services provided by such Service, tribes, or organizations to individuals eligible for services through such programs, notwithstanding any Federal, State, or local law to the contrary.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 2901 of Pub. L. 111–148. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 2901 amended section 1396a and 1320b–9, respectively, of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Section was enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and not as part of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act which comprises this chapter.

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25 U.S.C. § 1623

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73