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Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1616p Health Professional Chronic Shortage Demonstration Programs

Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER I — INDIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › § 1616p

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, through the Service, can fund pilot programs for Indian health programs to help fix long-term shortages of health workers. The programs must give medical students and residents real clinical experience in Indian health settings; improve care by making sure qualified providers are available; offer academic and scholarly opportunities using regional resources; and train and support other provider types, like community health representatives and community health aides. Each program must have an advisory board. The board can include tribal governments, Indian health programs, and members of the local Indian communities.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1616p

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

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1616p

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110