25 U.S.C. § 1678a
The States of North Dakota and South Dakota shall be designated as a contract health service delivery area by the Service for the purpose of providing contract health care services to members of Indian tribes in the States of North Dakota and South Dakota.
The Service shall not curtail any health care services provided to Indians residing on any reservation, or in any county that has a common boundary with any reservation, in the State of North Dakota or South Dakota if the curtailment is due to the provision of contract services in those States pursuant to the designation of the States as a contract health service delivery area by subsection (a).
25 U.S.C. § 1678a
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection 808A of Pub. L. 94-437 is based on section 192(2) 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.
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Indian Health Service.
- 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.