The Secretary shall establish a demonstration program to evaluate the use of a contract care intermediary to improve the accessibility of health services to California Indians.
There is hereby established an advisory board which shall advise the California Rural Indian Health Board in carrying out the demonstration pursuant to this section. The advisory board shall be composed of representatives, selected by the California Rural Indian Health Board, from not less than 8 tribal health programs serving California Indians covered under such demonstration, at least one half of whom are not affiliated with the California Rural Indian Health Board.
The demonstration program described in this section shall begin on January 1, 1993, and shall terminate on September 30, 1997.
Not later than July 1, 1998, the California Rural Indian Health Board shall submit to the Secretary a report on the demonstration program carried out under this section, including a statement of its findings regarding the impact of using a contract care intermediary on-
For the purposes of this section, the term "high-cost contract care cases" means those cases in which the cost of the medical treatment provided to an individual-
1 See References in Text note below.
25 U.S.C. § 1621j
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 1679 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was repealed and a new section 1679 was enacted by Pub. L. 111-148, title X, §10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935. Provisions describing California Indians, similar to those that appeared in former section 1679(b) are now contained in new section 1679(a).Section 1621a of this title, referred to in subsec. (f)(1), was amended generally by Pub. L. 111-148, title X, §10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935, and, as so amended, no longer contains a subsec. (b)(2).
CODIFICATIONAmendment by Pub. L. 111-148 is based on section 101(b)(3) 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.
AMENDMENTS2010-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 111-148 struck out subsec. (g) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1996 through 2000.1996-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104-313 substituted "1996 through 2000" for "1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
TERMINATION OF ADVISORY BOARDSAdvisory boards established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
- contract health service
- The term "contract health service" means any health service that is-(A) delivered based on a referral by, or at the expense of, an Indian health program; and(B) provided by a public or private medical provider or hospital that is not a provider or hospital of the Indian health program.