tives from the Indian Tribes and Indian communities in 
the area which will be served by the program. 
‘‘SEC. 124. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS. 
‘‘(a) NO REDUCTION IN SERVICES.—The Secretary 
shall not— 
‘‘(1) remove a member of the National Health 
Service Corps from an Indian Health Program or 
Urban Indian Organization; or 
‘‘(2) withdraw funding used to support such 
member, unless the Secretary, acting through the 
Service, has ensured that the Indians receiving serv-
ices from such member will experience no reduction 
in services. 
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION
FROM
LIMITATIONS.—National 
Health Service Corps scholars qualifying for the Commis-
sioned Corps in the Public Health Service shall be exempt 
from the full-time equivalent limitations of the National 
Health Service Corps and the Service when serving as a 
commissioned corps officer in a Tribal Health Program 
or an Urban Indian Organization. 
‘‘SEC. 125. SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR EDUCATIONAL 
CURRICULA DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—The Secretary, act-
ing through the Service, may enter into contracts with, 
or make grants to, accredited tribal colleges and univer-
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sities and eligible accredited and accessible community col-
leges to establish demonstration programs to develop edu-
cational curricula for substance abuse counseling. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this 
section shall be used only for developing and providing 
educational curriculum for substance abuse counseling (in-
cluding paying salaries for instructors). Such curricula 
may be provided through satellite campus programs. 
‘‘(c) TIME PERIOD OF ASSISTANCE; RENEWAL.—A 
contract entered into or a grant provided under this sec-
tion shall be for a period of 3 years. Such contract or 
grant may be renewed for an additional 2-year period 
upon the approval of the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) CRITERIA FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AP-
PLICATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
Amendments of 2007, the Secretary, after consultation 
with Indian Tribes and administrators of tribal colleges 
and universities and eligible accredited and accessible com-
munity colleges, shall develop and issue criteria for the 
review and approval of applications for funding (including 
applications for renewals of funding) under this section. 
Such criteria shall ensure that demonstration programs 
established under this section promote the development of 
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the capacity of such entities to educate substance abuse 
counselors. 
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide such 
technical and other assistance as may be necessary to en-
able grant recipients to comply with the provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.—Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
submit to the President, for inclusion in the report which 
is required to be submitted under section 801 for that fis-
cal year, a report on the findings and conclusions derived 
from the demonstration programs conducted under this 
section during that fiscal year. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘educational curriculum’ means 1 or more of the 
following: 
‘‘(1) Classroom education. 
‘‘(2) Clinical work experience. 
‘‘(3) Continuing education workshops. 
‘‘SEC. 126. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRAINING AND COMMU-
NITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) STUDY; LIST.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, in consulta-
tion with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations, shall 
conduct a study and compile a list of the types of staff 
positions specified in subsection (b) whose qualifications 
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