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Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-110

§1680r Tribal Health Program Option for Cost Sharing

Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER VI — MISCELLANEOUS › § 1680r

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Tribal health programs that run clinics, services, or facilities funded in whole or in part by the Service under a title V compact can charge an Indian for care. The Service itself may not charge an Indian for services, and it cannot force a tribal program to charge one.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §1680r

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(a)In general
Nothing in this chapter limits the ability of a tribal health program operating any health program, service, function, activity, or facility funded, in whole or part, by the Service through, or provided for in, a compact with the Service pursuant to title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458aaa et seq.) to charge an Indian for services provided by the tribal health program.
(b)Service
Nothing in this chapter authorizes the Service—
(1)to charge an Indian for services; or
(2)to require any tribal health program to charge an Indian for services.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 94–437, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1400, known as the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1601 of this title and Tables. The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203. Title V of the Act was classified principally to part E (§ 458aaa et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 14 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as subchapter V (§ 5381 et seq.) of chapter 46 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. Codification section 828 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 197 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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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 1680r

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110