PUBLIC LAW 96-537—DEC. 17, 1980
94 STAT. 3173
Public Law 96-537 96th Congress An Act To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and the Public Health Service Act with respect to Indian health care, and for other purposes.
Dec. 17, IOTU [S. 2728]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) this Act may be cited as the "Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980". (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (90 Stat. 1400).
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DEFINITIONS
SEC. 2. (a) Section 4(a) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 25 USC 1603, Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Health and Human Services". (b) Section 4(h) is amended by striking out "composed of urban Indians" and inserting in lieu thereof "governed by an Indian controlled board of directors". (c) Section 4 is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: "(i) 'Rural Indian' means any individual who resides in a rural community as defined in subsection (j), who is an Indian within the meaning of subsection (c), and who is not otherwise eligible to receive health services from the Service. "(j) 'Rural community' means any community that— "(1) is not located on a Federal Indian reservation or trust area; "(2) is not an Alaskan Native village; "(3) is not an urban center; and "(4) has a sufficient rural Indian population with unmet health needs, as determined by the Secretary, to warrant assistance under title V of this Act. Post, p. 3176. "(k) 'Rural Indian organization' means a nonprofit corporate body governed by a board of directors controlled by rural Indians and providing for the maximum participation of all interested Indian groups and individuals, which body is capable of legally cooperating with other public and private entities for the purpose of performing the activities described in section 503(a).". Post, p. 3177. INDIAN HEALTH MANPOWER
SEC. 3. (a) Section 102(c) is amended by striking out the last 25 USC 1612. sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,300,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $2,600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $3,500,()00 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.".
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