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§1621v Offices of Indian Men’s Health and Indian Women’s Health

Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER II — HEALTH SERVICES › § 1621v

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may create an Office of Indian Men’s Health inside the Service. If created, the office will be led by a director chosen by the Secretary. The director must work to coordinate and improve the health of Indian men in the United States. Within 2 years after March 23, 2010, the Secretary, through the Service, must send Congress a report listing what the director has done so far and any findings about Indian men’s health. The Secretary must also set up an Office of Indian Women’s Health inside the Service. That office will monitor and try to improve the quality of health care for Indian women, including those who live in cities and women of all ages, by planning and delivering Service programs to improve care.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1621v

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(a)Office of Indian Men’s Health
(1)Establishment
The Secretary may establish within the Service an office, to be known as the “Office of Indian Men’s Health”.
(2)Director (3) Report
(A)In general
The Office of Indian Men’s Health shall be headed by a director, to be appointed by the Secretary.
(B)Duties
The director shall coordinate and promote the health status of Indian men in the United States.
(b)Office of Indian Women’s Health
The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish an office, to be known as the “Office of Indian Women’s Health”, to monitor and improve the quality of health care for Indian women (including urban Indian women) of all ages through the planning and delivery of programs administered by the Service, in order to improve and enhance the treatment models of care for Indian women.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 136 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.

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–148 substituted “Offices of Indian Men’s Health and Indian Women’s Health” for “Office of Indian Women’s Health Care” in section catchline, added subsec. (a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (b), inserted subsec. (b) heading, substituted “The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish an office, to be known as the ‘Office of Indian Women’s Health’, to” for “There is established within the Service an Office of Indian Women’s Health Care to oversee efforts of the Service to”, and inserted “(including urban Indian women)” before “of all ages”.

Reference

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1621v

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110