25 U.S.C. § 1621v | Offices of Indian Men’s Health and Indian Women’s Health

(a)

Office of Indian Men’s Health

(1)

Establishment

The Secretary may establish within the Service an office, to be known as the “Office of Indian Men’s Health”.

(2)

Director

(A)

In general

The Office of Indian Men’s Health shall be headed by a director, to be appointed by the Secretary.

(B)

Duties

The director shall coordinate and promote the health status of Indian men in the United States.

(3)

Report

March 23, 2010Not later than 2 years after , the Secretary, acting through the Service, shall submit to Congress a report describing—

(A)

any activity carried out by the director as of the date on which the report is prepared; and

(B)

any finding of the director with respect to the health of Indian men.

(b)

Office of Indian Women’s Health

The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish an office, to be known as the “Office of Indian Women’s Health”, to monitor and improve the quality of health care for Indian women (including urban Indian women) of all ages through the planning and delivery of programs administered by the Service, in order to improve and enhance the treatment models of care for Indian women.

Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 223 Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 216Oct. 29, 1992106 Stat. 4559 Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a)Mar. 23, 2010124 Stat. 935(, as added , , ; amended , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 111–148 section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148Amendment by is based on section 136 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 .

Amendments

Pub. L. 111–1482010— substituted “Offices of Indian Men’s Health and Indian Women’s Health” for “Office of Indian Women’s Health Care” in section catchline, added subsec. (a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (b), inserted subsec. (b) heading, substituted “The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall establish an office, to be known as the ‘Office of Indian Women’s Health’, to” for “There is established within the Service an Office of Indian Women’s Health Care to oversee efforts of the Service to”, and inserted “(including urban Indian women)” before “of all ages”.