102 STAT. 4830
Contracts.
Contracts. State and local governments.
Diseases. Safety.
PUBLIC LAW 100-713—NOV. 23, 1988
"(1) the provision of such health services will not result in a denial or diminution of health services to eligible Indians, and "(0) there is no reasonable alternative health facility or services, within or without the service area of such service unit, available to meet the health needs of such individuals. "(B) In the case of health facilities operated under a contract entered into under the Indian Self-Determination Act, the governing body of the Indian tribe or tribal organization providing health services under such contract is authorized to determine whether health services should be provided under such contract to individuals who are not eligible for such health services under any other subsection of this section or under any other provision of law. In making such determinations, the governing body of the Indian tribe or tribal organization shall take into account the considerations described in subparagraph (A)(ii)"(2)(A) Persons receiving health services provided by the Service by reason of this subsection shall be liable for payment of such health services under a schedule of charges prescribed by the Secretary which, in the judgment of the Secretary, results in reimbursement in an amount not less than the actual cost of providing the health services. Notwithstanding section 1880(c) of the Social Security Act, section 402(c) of this Act, or any other provision of law, amounts collected under this subsection, including medicare or medicaid reimbursements under titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, shall be credited to the account of the facility providing the service and shall be used solely for the provision of health services within that facility. Amounts collected under this subsection shall be available for expenditure within such facility for not to exceed one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which collected. "(B) Health services may be provided by the Secretary through the Service under this subsection to an indigent person who woiHd not be eligible for such health services but for the provisions of paragraph (1) only if an agreement has been entered into with a State or local government under which the State or local government agrees to reimburse the Service for the expenses incurred by the Service in providing such health services to such indigent person. "(3)(A) In the case of a service area which serves only one Indian tribe, the authority of the Secretary to provide health services under paragraph (I)(A) shall terminate at the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which the governing body of the Indian tribe revokes its concurrence to the provision of such health services. "(B) In the case of a multi-tribal service area, the authority of the Secretary to provide health services under paragraph (I)(A) shall terminate at the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which at least 51 percent of the number of Indian tribes in the service area revoke their concurrence to the provision of such health services. "(c) The Service may provide health services under this subsection to individuals who are not eligible for health services provided by the Service under any other subsection of this section or under any other provision of law in order to— "(1) achieve stability in a medical emergency. "(2) prevent the spread of a communicable disease or otherynsQ d ^ with a public health hazard.
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