§1638e Other Funding, Equipment, and Supplies for Facilities

Summary

Federal agencies that have funds, equipment, or supplies for planning, designing, building, or running health care or sanitation facilities can give them to the Secretary so those resources are used for the same purposes and to meet the goals of this law. The Secretary may also accept money, equipment, or supplies from any source, including other federal or state agencies, and use them to plan, design, build, and operate health care or sanitation facilities for Indians, including under a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). Getting these funds does not change any priority order set in section 1631. The Secretary may make agreements with other agencies or groups and accept their resources to support facilities run by Indian health programs for the same stated purposes. The Secretary must create rules for how to plan, design, build, and operate these health care and sanitation facilities. Other Department rules still apply when projects use transferred funds. Sanitation facility means a safe water system, a sanitary sewage system, or a sanitary solid-waste system, including the equipment and support infrastructure needed.