Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110
§1680b National Health Service Corps
Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER VI — MISCELLANEOUS › § 1680b
Summary
The Secretary must not pull a National Health Service Corps member away from an Indian health program or urban Indian organization, or stop the funding that supports them, unless the Secretary, through the Corps, first makes sure the people getting care will not have fewer services. If an Indian health program asks, a Corps member assigned there can be limited to serving only people who are eligible for that program.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §1680b
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(a)No reduction in services
The Secretary shall not remove a member of the National Health Service Corps from an Indian health program or urban Indian organization or withdraw funding used to support such a member, unless the Secretary, acting through the Service, has ensured that the Indians receiving services from the member will experience no reduction in services.
(b)Treatment of Indian health programs
At the request of an Indian health program, the services of a member of the National Health Service Corps assigned to the Indian health program may be limited to the individuals who are eligible for services from that Indian health program.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 193 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.
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally, revising and restating former provisions as subsec. (a) and adding subsec. (b).
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 1680b
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110