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§1660b Treatment of certain demonstration projects

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - INDIAN HEALTH CARE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - HEALTH SERVICES FOR URBAN INDIANS › § 1660b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Make the Tulsa Clinic and Oklahoma City Clinic demonstration projects permanent parts of the Service’s direct care program. They must keep being treated as Service units for sharing resources and coordinating care, must still meet the chapter’s definition of an urban Indian organization, and must not be governed by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1660b

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Tulsa Clinic and Oklahoma City Clinic demonstration projects shall—
(1)be permanent programs within the Service’s direct care program;
(2)continue to be treated as Service units and operating units in the allocation of resources and coordination of care; and
(3)continue to meet the requirements and definitions of an urban Indian organization in this chapter, and shall not be subject to the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).11 See References in Text note below.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in par. (3), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 94–437, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1400, known as the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1601 of this title and Tables. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), referred to in par. (3), is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, which was classified principally to subchapter II (§ 450 et seq.) of chapter 14 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as chapter 46 (§ 5301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. Codification Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 101(b)(8) and 162 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 were enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to treatment of certain demonstration projects as Service units in the allocation of resources and coordination of care. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–148 struck out subsec. (c), which authorized appropriations to carry out this section through fiscal year 2002, prior to general amendment of section. See above. 1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–256 added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Permanent Programs Under the Direct Care Program of the Indian Health Service Pub. L. 108–447, div. E, title II, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3087, provided in part that: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Tulsa and Oklahoma City Clinic demonstration projects shall be permanent programs under the direct care program of the Indian Health Service; shall be treated as service units and operating units in the allocation of resources and coordination of care; shall continue to meet the requirements applicable to an Urban Indian organization under this title [title II of div. E of Pub. L. 108–447, see Tables for classification]; and shall not be subject to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) [now 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.].” Extension of Terms of Projects Pub. L. 105–256, § 4(a), Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1897, provided for extension of terms of projects referred to in section 1660b of this title to Oct. 1, 2002.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1660b

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73