25 U.S.C. § 1621o
Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
The Secretary, acting through the Service, is authorized to make grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations for innovative mental and physical disease prevention and health promotion and treatment programs for Indian preadolescent and adolescent youths.
The Secretary shall-
The Secretary shall establish criteria for the review and approval of applications under this section.
25 U.S.C. § 1621o
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONAmendment by Pub. L. 111-148 is based on sections 101(b)(4) and 131 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 were enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111-148.
AMENDMENTS2010-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111-148 substituted "section 1665g(c) of this title" for "section 1621h(m) of this title".Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111-148 struck out subsec. (e) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1993 to 2000.
- Indian tribe
- The term "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or group or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.], which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Indian Health Service.
- Urban Indian
- The term "Urban Indian" means any individual who resides in an urban center, as defined in subsection (g) hereof,1 and who meets one or more of the four criteria in subsection (c)(1) through (4) of this section.1
- health promotion
- The term "health promotion" means any activity for-(A) fostering social, economic, environmental, and personal factors conducive to health, including raising public awareness regarding health matters and enabling individuals to cope with health problems by increasing knowledge and providing valid information;(B) encouraging adequate and appropriate diet, exercise, and sleep;(C) promoting education and work in accordance with physical and mental capacity;(D) making available safe water and sanitary facilities;(E) improving the physical, economic, cultural, psychological, and social environment;(F) promoting culturally competent care; and(G) providing adequate and appropriate programs, including programs for-(i) abuse prevention (mental and physical);(ii) community health;(iii) community safety;(iv) consumer health education;(v) diet and nutrition;(vi) immunization and other methods of prevention of communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS;(vii) environmental health;(viii) exercise and physical fitness;(ix) avoidance of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders;(x) first aid and CPR education;(xi) human growth and development;(xii) injury prevention and personal safety;(xiii) behavioral health;(xiv) monitoring of disease indicators between health care provider visits through appropriate means, including Internet-based health care management systems;(xv) personal health and wellness practices;(xvi) personal capacity building;(xvii) prenatal, pregnancy, and infant care;(xviii) psychological well-being;(xix) reproductive health and family planning;(xx) safe and adequate water;(xxi) healthy work environments;(xxii) elimination, reduction, and prevention of contaminants that create unhealthy household conditions (including mold and other allergens);(xxiii) stress control;(xxiv) substance abuse;(xxv) sanitary facilities;(xxvi) sudden infant death syndrome prevention;(xxvii) tobacco use cessation and reduction;(xxviii) violence prevention; and(xxix) such other activities identified by the Service, a tribal health program, or an urban Indian organization to promote achievement of any of the objectives referred to in section 1602(2) of this title.