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25 U.S.C. § 1621t — Prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases

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25 U.S.C. § 1621t — Prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases

**(a) Grants authorized** The Secretary, acting through the Service, and after consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants available to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the following: (1) Projects for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV, respiratory syncytial virus, hanta virus, sexually transmitted diseases, and H. pylori. (2) Public information and education programs for the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases. (3) Education, training, and clinical skills improvement activities in the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases for health professionals, including allied health professionals. (4) Demonstration projects for the screening, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV). **(b) Application required** The Secretary may provide funding under subsection (a) only if an application or proposal for funding is submitted to the Secretary. **(c) Coordination with health agencies** Indian tribes and tribal organizations receiving funding under this section are encouraged to coordinate their activities with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and State and local health agencies. **(d) Technical assistance; report** In carrying out this section, the Secretary— (1) may, at the request of an Indian tribe or tribal organization, provide technical assistance; and (2) shall prepare and submit a report to Congress biennially on the use of funds under this section and on the progress made toward the prevention, control, and elimination of communicable and infectious diseases among Indians and urban Indians.

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25 U.S.C. § 1603 — Service of traditional foods in public facilities

**(a) Purposes** The purposes of this section are— (1) to provide access to traditional foods in food service programs; (2) to encourage increased consumption of traditional foods to decrease health disparities among Indians, particularly Alaska Natives; and (3) to provide alternative food options for food service programs. **(b) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Alaska Native** — The term “Alaska Native” means a person who is a member of any Native village, Village Corporation, or Regional Corporation (as those terms are defined in [section 1602 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1602&num=0&edition=prelim)). (2) **Commissioner** — The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. (3) **Food service program** — The term “food service program” includes— (A) food service at residential child care facilities that have a license from an appropriate State agency; (B) any child nutrition program (as that term is defined in [section 1769f(b) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1769f/b&num=0&edition=prelim)); (C) food service at hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities; and (D) senior meal programs. (4) **Indian; Indian tribe** — The terms “Indian” and “Indian tribe” have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ([25 U.S.C. 450b](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section450b&num=0&edition=prelim)).11 See References in Text note below. (5) **Traditional food** (A) *In general* — The term “traditional food” means food that has traditionally been prepared and consumed by an Indian tribe. (B) *Inclusions* — The term “traditi

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42 U.S.C. § 1320b–5 — Authority to waive requirements during national emergencies

**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to enable the Secretary to ensure to the maximum extent feasible, in any emergency area and during an emergency period (as defined in subsection (g)(1))— (1) that sufficient health care items and services are available to meet the needs of individuals in such area enrolled in the programs under subchapters XVIII, XIX, and XXI; and (2) that health care providers (as defined in subsection (g)(2)) that furnish such items and services in good faith, but that are unable to comply with one or more requirements described in subsection (b), may be reimbursed for such items and services and exempted from sanctions for such noncompliance, absent any determination of fraud or abuse. **(b) Secretarial authority** To the extent necessary to accomplish the purpose specified in subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized, subject to the provisions of this section, to temporarily waive or modify the application of, with respect to health care items and services furnished by a health care provider (or classes of health care providers) in any emergency area (or portion of such an area) during any portion of an emergency period, the requirements of subchapters XVIII, XIX, or XXI, or any regulation thereunder (and the requirements of this subchapter other than this section, and regulations thereunder, insofar as they relate to such subchapters), pertaining to— (1) (A) conditions of participation or other certification requirements for an individual health care provider or types of providers, (B) program participation and similar requirements for an individual health care provider or types of providers, and (C) pre-approval requirements; (2) requirements that physicians and other health care professionals be licensed in the State

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25 U.S.C. § 1647d — Nondiscrimination under Federal health care programs in qualifications for reimbursement for services

**(a) Requirement to satisfy generally applicable participation requirements** (1) **In general** — A Federal health care program must accept an entity that is operated by the Service, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization as a provider eligible to receive payment under the program for health care services furnished to an Indian on the same basis as any other provider qualified to participate as a provider of health care services under the program if the entity meets generally applicable State or other requirements for participation as a provider of health care services under the program. (2) **Satisfaction of State or local licensure or recognition requirements** — Any requirement for participation as a provider of health care services under a Federal health care program that an entity be licensed or recognized under the State or local law where the entity is located to furnish health care services shall be deemed to have been met in the case of an entity operated by the Service, an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization if the entity meets all the applicable standards for such licensure or recognition, regardless of whether the entity obtains a license or other documentation under such State or local law. In accordance with [section 1621t of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1621t&num=0&edition=prelim), the absence of the licensure of a health professional employed by such an entity under the State or local law where the entity is located shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining whether the entity meets such standards, if the professional is licensed in another State. **(b) Application of exclusion from participation in Federal health care

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25 U.S.C. § 1665h — Licensing requirement for mental health care workers

**(a) In general** Subject to [section 1621t of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1621t&num=0&edition=prelim), and except as provided in subsection (b), any individual employed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist for the purpose of providing mental health care services to Indians in a clinical setting under this chapter is required to be licensed as a psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively. **(b) Trainees** An individual may be employed as a trainee in psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy to provide mental health care services described in subsection (a) if such individual— (1) works under the direct supervision of a licensed psychologist, social worker, or marriage and family therapist, respectively; (2) is enrolled in or has completed at least 2 years of course work at a post-secondary, accredited education program for psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or counseling; and (3) meets such other training, supervision, and quality review requirements as the Secretary may establish.

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25 U.S.C. § 1621t — Licensing

Page 285 TITLE 25—INDIANS § 1621v 1 See References in Text note below. with either an individual purchase order or a de- nial of the claim within 5 working days after the receipt of such notification. (b) Failure to timely respond If the Service fails to respond to a notification of a claim in accordance with subsection (a), the Service shall accept as valid the claim sub- mitted by the provider of a contract care serv- ice. (c) Time of payment The Service shall pay a completed contract care service claim within 30 days after comple- tion of the claim. (Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4558.) § 1621t. Licensing Licensed health professionals employed by a tribal health program shall be exempt, if li- censed in any State, from the licensing require- ments of the State in which the tribal health program performs the services described in the contract or compact of the tribal health pro- gram under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).1 (Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 221, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4559; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist- ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, which was clas- sified principally to subchapter II (§ 450 et seq.) of chap- ter 14 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as chapter 46 (§ 5301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Amendment by P

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