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§1665j Behavioral Health Program

Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER V–A — BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS › Part A — General Programs › § 1665j

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, through the Service, may set up and run new community-based behavioral health programs for Indians and give grants to Indian tribes or tribal organizations to carry them out. Projects should meet several points: they must address big unmet behavioral health needs, serve many Indians, be efficient, be run by tribes with the needed admin and financial ability, fit traditional practices when appropriate, and avoid duplicating other services. The Secretary must evaluate these applications using the same criteria used for other similar funding.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1665j

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(a)Innovative programs
The Secretary, acting through the Service, consistent with section 1665a of this title, may plan, develop, implement, and carry out programs to deliver innovative community-based behavioral health services to Indians.
(b)Awards; criteria
The Secretary may award a grant for a project under subsection (a) to an Indian tribe or tribal organization and may consider the following criteria:
(1)The project will address significant unmet behavioral health needs among Indians.
(2)The project will serve a significant number of Indians.
(3)The project has the potential to deliver services in an efficient and effective manner.
(4)The Indian tribe or tribal organization has the administrative and financial capability to administer the project.
(5)The project may deliver services in a manner consistent with traditional health care practices.
(6)The project is coordinated with, and avoids duplication of, existing services.
(c)Equitable treatment
For purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall, in evaluating project applications or proposals, use the same criteria that the Secretary uses in evaluating any other application or proposal for such funding.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification section 711 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 181 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 1665j, Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 711, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 702(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4580; amended Pub. L. 104–313, § 2(f), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3822; Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(d), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828; Pub. L. 105–256, § 13(a), Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1900; Pub. L. 110–315, title IX, § 941(k)(2)(I)(iii), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3467, authorized substance abuse counselor education demonstration projects, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 111–148.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1665j

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110