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25 U.S.C. § 1665d — Mental health technician program

submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 94-437 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 191 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must establish a Service mental-health-technician program that trains Indians, employs them in community care, supervises and evaluates them, and uses traditional tribal health practices.

(a) Under section 13, the Secretary must establish and maintain a program that trains Indians as mental-health technicians and employs them in community care involving identification, prevention, education, referral, and treatment. (b) Training must combine mental-health theory with supervised practical care. (c) The Secretary must supervise and evaluate technicians. (d) The program must use and promote the traditional health practices of the tribes served.
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(a) In general

Pursuant to section 13 of this title, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a mental health technician program within the Service which—

(1)

provides for the training of Indians as mental health technicians; and

(2)

employs such technicians in the provision of community-based mental health care that includes identification, prevention, education, referral, and treatment services.

(b) Paraprofessional training

In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Service, shall provide high-standard paraprofessional training in mental health care necessary to provide quality care to the Indian communities to be served. Such training shall be based upon a curriculum developed or approved by the Secretary which combines education in the theory of mental health care with supervised practical experience in the provision of such care.

(c) Supervision and evaluation of technicians

The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall supervise and evaluate the mental health technicians in the training program.

(d) Traditional health care practices

The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall ensure that the program established pursuant to this section involves the use and promotion of the traditional health care practices of the Indian tribes to be served.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

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  • 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 94-437 · 124 Stat. 935

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