Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§1660 Urban Health Programs Branch
Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER IV — HEALTH SERVICES FOR URBAN INDIANS › § 1660
Summary
Creates an Urban Health Programs Branch inside the Service to run and oversee the urban health programs and services covered by this part. The Secretary must hire staff for the branch, including a program director, and provide needed services and equipment. The Secretary must study whether to put at least one urban health program analyst in each area office of the Indian Health Service and send the results to Congress with the Department’s fiscal year 1993 budget request.
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Title 25, §1660
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(a)Establishment
There is hereby established within the Service a Branch of Urban Health Programs which shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this subchapter and for providing central oversight of the programs and services authorized under this subchapter.
(b)Staff, services, and equipment
The Secretary shall appoint such employees to work in the branch, including a program director, and shall provide such services and equipment, as may be necessary for it to carry out its responsibilities. The Secretary shall also analyze the need to provide at least one urban health program analyst for each area office of the Indian Health Service and shall submit his findings to the Congress as a part of the Department’s fiscal year 1993 budget request.
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1992—Pub. L. 102–573, § 902(5)(B), made technical amendment to section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 501(b)(7), inserted “and for providing central oversight of the programs and services authorized under this subchapter” before period at end.
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25 U.S.C. § 1660
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110