25 U.S.C. § 1665j — Behavioral health program
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 94-437 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 179 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may develop innovative community-based behavioral-health services and award grants using criteria concerning need, reach, effectiveness, capacity, traditional practices, and coordination.
(a) The Secretary* may develop and operate innovative community-based behavioral-health services for Indians.
(b) The Secretary may grant a project to a tribe or organization and may consider unmet need, number served, efficiency and effectiveness, administrative and financial capability, consistency with traditional practices, and coordination without duplication.
(c) Applications must be judged under the same criteria used for other funding applications.
The Secretary*, acting through the Service*, consistent with section 1665a of this title, may plan, develop, implement, and carry out programs to deliver innovative community-based behavioral health* services to Indians.
The Secretary may award a grant for a project under subsection (a) to an Indian tribe* or tribal organization* and may consider the following criteria:
The project will address significant unmet behavioral health needs among Indians.
The project will serve a significant number of Indians.
The project has the potential to deliver services in an efficient and effective manner.
The Indian tribe or tribal organization has the administrative and financial capability to administer the project.
The project may deliver services in a manner consistent with traditional health care practices.
The project is coordinated with, and avoids duplication of, existing services.
For purposes of this subsection,1 the Secretary shall, in evaluating project applications or proposals, use the same criteria that the Secretary uses in evaluating any other application or proposal for such funding.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 711, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 94-437 · 124 Stat. 935
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