§ 1164. — Responsibility of Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide medical and dental care to Pribilof Islands natives.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1164]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
SUBCHAPTER II--ADMINISTRATION OF PRIBILOF ISLANDS
Sec. 1164. Responsibility of Secretary of Health and Human
Services to provide medical and dental care to Pribilof Islands
natives
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide medical and
dental care to the Natives of the Pribilof Islands with or without
reimbursement, as provided by other law. He is authorized to provide
such care to Federal employees and their dependents and tourists and
other persons in the Pribilof Islands at reasonable rates to be
determined by him. He may purchase, lease, construct, operate, and
maintain such facilities, supplies, and equipment as he deems necessary
to carry out the provisions of this section; and the costs of such
items, including medical and dental care, shall be charged to the budget
of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Nothing in this chapter
shall be construed as superseding or limiting the authority and
responsibility of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the
Act of August 5, 1954, as amended [42 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.], or any other
law with respect to medical and dental care of natives or other persons
in the Pribilof Islands.
(Pub. L. 89-702, title II, Sec. 204, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1094; Pub.
L. 98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 839.)
References in Text
Act of August 5, 1954, as amended, referred to in text, is act Aug.
5, 1954, ch. 658, 68 Stat. 674, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 2001 et seq.) of chapter 22 of Title 42,
The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1983--Pub. L. 98-129 substituted provisions formerly set out in
section 1165 of this title relating to medical and dental care of the
natives of the Pribilof Islands for provisions which had authorized the
Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Governor of the State of
Alaska pursuant to which the State assumed full responsibility for
furnishing education to the natives of the Pribilof Islands and also to
enter into agreements with said Governor pursuant to which the State
furnished to such natives adequate food, shelter, transportation, and
such other facilities, services, and equipment as the Secretary deemed
necessary, with the State of Alaska, in assuming such responsibility, to
meet the educational needs of the said natives in the same manner as the
State met the educational needs of all of its citizens, including the
furnishing of necessary facilities therefor.
