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25 U.S.C. § 1621 — Health professional chronic shortage demonstration programs
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**(a) Demonstration programs** The Secretary, acting through the Service, may fund demonstration programs for Indian health programs to address the chronic shortages of health professionals.
**(b) Purposes of programs** The purposes of demonstration programs under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) to provide direct clinical and practical experience within an Indian health program to health profession students and residents from medical schools;
(2) to improve the quality of health care for Indians by ensuring access to qualified health professionals;
(3) to provide academic and scholarly opportunities for health professionals serving Indians by identifying all academic and scholarly resources of the region; and
(4) to provide training and support for alternative provider types, such as community health representatives, and community health aides.
**(c) Advisory board** The demonstration programs established pursuant to subsection (a) shall incorporate a program advisory board, which may be composed of representatives of tribal governments, Indian health programs, and Indian communities in the areas to be served by the demonstration programs.
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**(a) Demonstration programs** The Secretary, acting through the Service, may fund demonstration programs for Indian health programs to address the chronic shortages of health professionals.
**(b) Purposes of programs** The purposes of demonstration programs under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) to provide direct clinical and practical experience within an Indian health program to health profession students and residents from medical schools;
(2) to improve the quality of health care for Indians by ensuring access to qualified health professionals;
(3) to provide academic and scholarly opportunities for health professionals serving Indians by identifying all academic and scholarly resources of the region; and
(4) to provide training and support for alternative provider types, such as community health representatives, and community health aides.
**(c) Advisory board** The demonstration programs established pursuant to subsection (a) shall incorporate a program advisory board, which may be composed of representatives of tribal governments, Indian health programs, and Indian communities in the areas to be served by the demonstration programs.
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**(a) Grants** The Secretary may make grants for the provision of health-related services in prevention of, treatment of, rehabilitation of, or school and community-based education in, alcohol and substance abuse in urban centers to those urban Indian organizations with whom the Secretary has entered into a contract under this subchapter or under [section 1621 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1621&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Goals of grant** Each grant made pursuant to subsection (a) shall set forth the goals to be accomplished pursuant to the grant. The goals shall be specific to each grant as agreed to between the Secretary and the grantee.
**(c) Criteria** The Secretary shall establish criteria for the grants made under subsection (a), including criteria relating to the—
(1) size of the urban Indian population;
(2) accessibility to, and utilization of, other health resources available to such population;
(3) duplication of existing Service or other Federal grants or contracts;
(4) capability of the organization to adequately perform the activities required under the grant;
(5) satisfactory performance standards for the organization in meeting the goals set forth in such grant, which standards shall be negotiated and agreed to between the Secretary and the grantee on a grant-by-grant basis; and
(6) identification of need for services.
The Secretary shall develop a methodology for allocating grants made pursuant to this section based on such criteria.
**(d) Treatment of funds received by urban Indian organizations** Any funds received by an urban Indian organization under this chapter for substance abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation shall be subject to the criteria set forth in subsection
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The President shall, at the time the budget is submitted under [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim), for each fiscal year transmit to the Congress a report containing—
(1) a report on the progress made in meeting the objectives of this chapter, including a review of programs established or assisted pursuant to this chapter and an assessment and recommendations of additional programs or additional assistance necessary to, at a minimum, provide health services to Indians, and ensure a health status for Indians, which are at a parity with the health services available to and the health status of, the general population;
(2) a report on whether, and to what extent, new national health care programs, benefits, initiatives, or financing systems have had an impact on the purposes of this chapter and any steps that the Secretary may have taken to consult with Indian tribes to address such impact;
(3) a report on the use of health services by Indians—
(A) on a national and area or other relevant geographical basis;
(B) by gender and age;
(C) by source of payment and type of service; and
(D) comparing such rates of use with rates of use among comparable non-Indian populations.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(4) a separate statement which specifies the amount of funds requested to carry out the provisions of [section 1621 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1621&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) a separate statement of the total amount obligated or expended in the most recently completed fiscal year to achieve each of the objectives described in [section 1680d of this title](https://uscode.house.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 1621
1 See References in Text note below.
§ 1616p. Health professional chronic shortage
demonstration programs
(a) Demonstration programs
The Secretary, acting through the Service,
may fund demonstration programs for Indian
health programs to address the chronic short-
ages of health professionals.
(b) Purposes of programs
The
purposes
of
demonstration
programs
under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) to provide direct clinical and practical
experience within an Indian health program to
health profession students and residents from
medical schools;
(2) to improve the quality of health care for
Indians by ensuring access to qualified health
professionals;
(3) to provide academic and scholarly oppor-
tunities for health professionals serving Indi-
ans by identifying all academic and scholarly
resources of the region; and
(4) to provide training and support for alter-
native provider types, such as community
health representatives, and community health
aides.
(c) Advisory board
The demonstration programs established pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall incorporate a pro-
gram advisory board, which may be composed of
representatives of tribal governments, Indian
health programs, and Indian communities in the
areas to be served by the demonstration pro-
grams.
(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L.
111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat.
935.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 123 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 112 of
title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as re-
ported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Sen-
ate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section
10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1616p, Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 123,
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