Indian health care.

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DIANE Publishing, 1986 - 377 pages

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Page 228 - The Congress declares its commitment to the maintenance of the Federal Government's unique and continuing relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people through the establishment of a meaningful Indian self-determination policy which will permit an orderly transition from Federal domination of programs for and services to Indians to effective and meaningful participation by the Indian people in the planning, conduct, and administration of those programs and services.
Page 367 - American Hospital Association. American Hospital Association Guide to the Health Care Field.
Page 156 - Indian health and medical service program if he is regarded as an Indian by the community in which he lives as evidenced by such factors as tribal membership, enrollment, residence on taxexempt land, ownership of restricted property, active participation in tribal affairs, or other relevant factors in keeping with general Bureau of Indian Affairs practices in the jurisdiction.
Page 62 - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Page 45 - The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal...
Page 357 - Service, a bureau of the Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Page 156 - ... needed referrals cannot be made. Thus, while they may not be directly affected by ability to pay, Indians may face serious obstacles in obtaining health care services through IHS. Another obstacle to obtaining contract care is that eligibility for such services is more restricted than for direct care. Another factor in the IHS delivery system since the Indian SelfDetermination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (Public Law 93-638), amended in 1988 (Public Law 100-472), has been the operation...
Page 50 - The power of an administrative agency to administer a congressionally created . . . program necessarily requires the formulation of policy and the making of rules to fill any gap left, implicitly or explicitly, by Congress.

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