Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§1678a North Dakota and South Dakota as Contract Health Service Delivery Area
Title 25 › Chapter 18— INDIAN HEALTH CARE › Subchapter VI— MISCELLANEOUS › § 1678a
Summary
North Dakota and South Dakota must be named areas for delivering contract health care by the Service so members of Indian tribes in those States can get contract health care. The Service must not cut health care for Indians living on reservations or in counties that touch a reservation in those States just because contract services are being provided there.
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Title 25, §1678a
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(a)The States of North Dakota and South Dakota shall be designated as a contract health service delivery area by the Service for the purpose of providing contract health care services to members of Indian tribes in the States of North Dakota and South Dakota.
(b)The Service shall not curtail any health care services provided to Indians residing on any reservation, or in any county that has a common boundary with any reservation, in the State of North Dakota or South Dakota if the curtailment is due to the provision of contract services in those States pursuant to the designation of the States as a contract health service delivery area by subsection (a).
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Editorial Notes
Codification section 808A of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 192(2) 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.
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25 U.S.C. § 1678a
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60