§1616i — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

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The Secretary may give the special incentive pay allowed under 37 U.S.C. 302(b) or 335(b) to civilian medical officers at the Indian Health Service who work in jobs on an annual list of positions that are hard to staff. Each year the Secretary must create and update that list of health care jobs where hiring or keeping staff is difficult. The Secretary can also pay a bonus to other officers and civil service employees in those listed jobs, except commissioned medical officers, dental officers, optometrists, and veterinarians. Bonus pay to any one person cannot exceed $2,000 in a year. The Secretary may set up flexible or compressed work schedules for Service health professionals under the rules in title 5.

Title 25, §1616i

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(a)The Secretary may provide the incentive special pay authorized under section 302(b) or 335(b) of title 37 to civilian medical officers of the Indian Health Service who are assigned to, and serving in, positions included in the list established under subsection (b)(1) for which recruitment or retention of personnel is difficult.

(b)(1)The Secretary shall establish and update on an annual basis a list of positions of health care professionals employed by, or assigned to, the Service for which recruitment or retention is difficult.

(2)(A)The Secretary may pay a bonus to any commissioned officer or civil service employee, other than a commissioned medical officer, dental officer, optometrist, and veterinarian, who is employed in or assigned to, and serving in, a position in the Service included in the list established by the Secretary under paragraph (1).

(B)The total amount of bonus payments made by the Secretary under this paragraph to any employee during any 1-year period shall not exceed $2,000.

(c)The Secretary may establish programs to allow the use of flexible work schedules, and compressed work schedules, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 61 of title 5, for health professionals employed by, or assigned to, the Service.

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2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91 inserted “or 335(b)” after “section 302(b)”. 1992—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, § 901(1), struck out subsec. (d) which required a report to Congress by the Secretary no later than 6 months after Nov. 23, 1988, relating to overtime pay for individuals employed by the Service. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(8), struck out subsec. (e) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.

§1616i Additional Incentives for Health Professionals

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Title 25, §1616i

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