Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§2005a Amount of Assistance; Determination of Costs
Title 42 › CHAPTER 22 — INDIAN HOSPITALS AND HEALTH FACILITIES › SUBCHAPTER II — CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY HOSPITALS › § 2005a
Summary
Construction aid must not exceed the part of the project's reasonable cost for Indian health needs, as the Surgeon General determines. Only Indian groups receiving Public Health Service hospital, outpatient, or field care on August 16, 1957 can be counted.
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Title 42, §2005a
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The amount of such financial assistance shall not exceed that portion of the reasonable cost of the construction project which is attributable to the Indian health needs, as determined by the Surgeon General: Provided, That in determining, for the purposes of this subchapter, the portion of the cost of the construction project attributable to Indian health needs, the Surgeon General shall take into account only those categories of Indians for which hospital and medical care, including outpatient care and field health services, is being provided by or at the expense of the Public Health Service on August 16, 1957.
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Transfer of Functions
Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Office of Surgeon General reestablished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Mar. 30, 1987, 52 F.R. 11754.
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42 U.S.C. § 2005a
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102