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§1660 Urban Health Programs Branch

Title 25 › Chapter 18— INDIAN HEALTH CARE › Subchapter IV— HEALTH SERVICES FOR URBAN INDIANS › § 1660

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates an Urban Health Programs Branch in the Indian Health Service to run and oversee the subchapter’s programs; the Secretary must staff it (including a program director), supply equipment, and study if each IHS area office needs at least one analyst, reporting to Congress with the FY1993 budget.

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Title 25, §1660

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(a)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)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

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Apr 5, 2026

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