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U.S. Code › Title 25 › Chapter 18 › Subchapter II › § 1621j
25 U.S. Code § 1621j - California contract health services demonstration program
§ 1621j.
California contract health services demonstration program
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.
(b) Agreement with California Rural Indian Health Board
In establishing such program, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the California Rural Indian Health Board to reimburse the Board for costs (including reasonable administrative costs) incurred, during the period of the demonstration program, in providing medical treatment under contract to California Indians described in section 1679(b) [1] of this title throughout the California contract health services delivery area described in section 1680 of this title with respect to high-cost contract care cases.
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.
(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) ReportNot 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—
(f) “High-cost contract care cases” definedFor 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—
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) 1 of this title; and
(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; Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)
Section 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).
Amendment 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.
2010—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”.