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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.

(d) Commencement and termination dates

The demonstration program described in this

section shall begin on January 1, 1993, and shall

terminate on September 30, 1997.

(e) Report

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—

(1) access to needed health services;

(2) waiting periods for receiving such services; and

(3) the efficient management of high-cost

contract care cases.

(f) ‘‘High-cost contract care cases’’ defined

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) would otherwise be eligible for reimbursement from the Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund established under section 1621a of

this title, except that the cost of such treatment does not meet the threshold cost requirement established pursuant to section

1621a(b)(2) of this title; and

(2) exceeds $1,000.

(g) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated for

each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000 such

sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, §211, as added Pub. L.

102–573, title II, §206(c), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat.

4549; amended Pub. L. 104–313, §2(c), Oct. 19, 1996,

110 Stat. 3822.)

AMENDMENTS

1996—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104–313 substituted ‘‘1996

through 2000’’ for ‘‘1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997’’.

TERMINATION OF ADVISORY BOARDS

Advisory 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 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92–463, Oct.

6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title

5, Government Organization and Employees.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1621w of this

title.

§ 1621k. Coverage of screening mammography

The Secretary, through the Service, shall provide for screening mammography (as defined in

section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act [42

U.S.C. 1395x(jj)]) for Indian and urban Indian

women 35 years of age or older at a frequency,

determined by the Secretary (in consultation

with the Director of the National Cancer Institute), appropriate to such women, and under

such terms and conditions as are consistent with

standards established by the Secretary to assure

the safety and accuracy of screening mammography under part B of title XVIII of the Social

Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.].

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, §212, as added Pub. L.

102–573, title II, §207(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat.

4550.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is act

Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Part B

of title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to part

B (§1395j et seq.) of subchapter XVIII of chapter 7 of

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete

classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305

of Title 42 and Tables.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1621 of this title.

§ 1621l. Patient travel costs

(a) The Secretary, acting through the Service,

shall provide funds for the following patient

travel costs associated with receiving health

care services provided (either through direct or

contract care or through contracts entered into

pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act

[25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.]) under this chapter—

(1) emergency air transportation; and

(2) nonemergency air transportation where

ground transportation is infeasible.

(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to

carry out this section $15,000,000 for fiscal year

1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each

of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,

and 2000.

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, §213, as added Pub. L.

102–573, title II, §208, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4551.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Indian Self-Determination Act, referred to in

subsec. (a), is title I of Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88

Stat. 2206, as amended, which is classified principally

to part A (§450f et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 14

of this title. For complete classification of this Act to

the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 450

of this title and Tables.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1621w of this

title.

§ 1621m. Epidemiology centers

(a)(1) The Secretary shall establish an epidemiology center in each Service area to carry out

the functions described in paragraph (3).

(2) To assist such centers in carrying out such

functions, the Secretary shall perform the following:

(A) In consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Indian tribes, develop sets of

data (which to the extent practicable, shall be

consistent with the uniform data sets used by

the States with respect to the year 2000 health

objectives) for uniformly defining health