§ 1654. — Contracts and grants for determination of unmet health care needs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1654]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 18--INDIAN HEALTH CARE
SUBCHAPTER IV--HEALTH SERVICES FOR URBAN INDIANS
Sec. 1654. Contracts and grants for determination of unmet
health care needs
(a) Authority
Under authority of section 13 of this title, the Secretary, through
the Service, may enter into contracts with, or make grants to, urban
Indian organizations situated in urban centers for which contracts have
not been entered into, or grants have not been made, under section 1653
of this title. The purpose of a contract or grant made under this
section shall be the determination of the matters described in
subsection (b)(1) of this section in order to assist the Secretary in
assessing the health status and health care needs of urban Indians in
the urban center involved and determining whether the Secretary should
enter into a contract or make a grant under section 1653 of this title
with respect to the urban Indian organization which the Secretary has
entered into a contract with, or made a grant to, under this section.
(b) Requirements
Any contract entered into, or grant made, by the Secretary under
this section shall include requirements that--
(1) the urban Indian organization successfully undertake to--
(A) document the health care status and unmet health care
needs of urban Indians in the urban center involved; and
(B) with respect to urban Indians in the urban center
involved, determine the matters described in clauses (2), (3),
(4), and (8) of section 1653(b) of this title; and
(2) the urban Indian organization complete performance of the
contract, or carry out the requirements of the grant, within one
year after the date on which the Secretary and such organization
enter into such contract, or within one year after such organization
receives such grant, whichever is applicable.
(c) Renewal
The Secretary may not renew any contract entered into, or grant
made, under this section.
(Pub. L. 94-437, title V, Sec. 504, as added Pub. L. 100-713, title V,
Sec. 501, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4822; amended Pub. L. 102-573, title
V, Sec. 501(b)(2), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4567.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1654, Pub. L. 94-437, title V, Sec. 504, Sept. 30,
1976, 90 Stat. 1411; Pub. L. 96-537, Sec. 7, Dec. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
3178, related to other contract requirements, prior to the general
revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100-713.
Amendments
1992--Pub. L. 102-573, Sec. 501(b)(2)(D), inserted ``and grants'' in
section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-573, Sec. 501(b)(2)(A), added subsec. (a)
and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: ``Under
authority of section 13 of this title, the Secretary, through the
Service, may enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations
situated in urban centers for which contracts have not been entered into
under section 1653 of this title. The purpose of a contract under this
section shall be the determination of the matters described in
subsection (b)(1) of this section in order to assist the Secretary in
assessing the health status and health care needs of urban Indians in
the urban center involved and determining whether the Secretary should
enter into a contract under section 1653 of this title with the urban
Indian organization with which the Secretary has entered into a contract
under this section.''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-573, Sec. 501(b)(2)(B), inserted ``, or
grant made,'' after ``contract entered into'' in introductory provisions
and substituted ``, or carry out the requirements of the grant, within
one year after the date on which the Secretary and such organization
enter into such contract, or within one year after such organization
receives such grant, whichever is applicable.'' for ``within one year
after the date on which the Secretary and such organization enter into
such contract.'' in par. (2).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-573, Sec. 501(b)(2)(C), inserted ``, or
grant made,'' after ``entered into''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1655 of this title.
