Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§11708 Assignment of personnel
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 122— - NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH CARE › § 11708
Summary
Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make agreements so HHS staff who have the specific skills an organization asks for can be temporarily assigned to that organization to provide health promotion and disease prevention services to Native Hawaiians. Any such temporary assignment will be treated the same as a federal employee detailed to a local government under subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §11708
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(a)The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with any entity under which the Secretary is authorized to assign personnel of the Department of Health and Human Services with expertise identified by such entity to such entity on detail for the purposes of providing comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention services to Native Hawaiians.
(b)Any assignment of personnel made by the Secretary under any agreement entered into under the authority of subsection (a) shall be treated as an assignment of Federal personnel to a local government that is made in accordance with subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5.
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Editorial Notes
Codification The 1992 amendment is based on section 1 of S. 2681, One Hundred Second Congress, as passed by the Senate on Aug. 7, 1992, and enacted into law by section 9168 of Pub. L. 102–396. section 9168, which referred to S. 2681, as passed by the Senate on “September 12, 1992”, has been treated as referring to S. 2681, as passed by the Senate on Aug. 7, 1992, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 100–579 and Pub. L. 100–690 enacted substantially identical sections. The text of this section is based on section 9 of Pub. L. 100–579, as subsequently amended.
Amendments
1992—Pub. L. 102–396 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to rule of
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 11708
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73