Indian Health Care, 1977: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session ... November 11, 1977, Isleta, N. MexU.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 304 pages |
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90 STAT Act enacted age group agencies Alaska Native Albuquerque Service Unit alcohol abuse alcohol-related amended Apache Tribe applicable appropriated award Bernalillo County clinic conditions and requirements Congress Contract Health diabetes mellitus diseases Dulce eligible enroll Federal fiscal year 1978 funds gastroenteritis Health Care Improvement health needs health problems health professionals health professions schools health programs Health Service Act implement Improvement Act increase Indian Health Scholarships Indian Health Service Indian population Indian tribes individual inpatient Isleta Pueblo Jicarilla Apache Jicarilla Apache Tribe ment mental health Mescalero Mexico Native American osteopathy outpatient patient personnel physicians planning podiatry positions for fiscal preparatory scholarships priority proposed Public Health Service purpose pursuant recruitment grants regulations reservation Santa Fe scholarship grant SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Secretary Senator KENNEDY September 30 specifically authorized staffing subdivision subpart tribal organizations urban center urban Indian organization
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Page 46 - The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Page 156 - Hospital" includes public health centers and general ,tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, out-patient departments, nurses' home and training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any hospital furnishing primarily domiciliary care.
Page 171 - ... publicizing existing sources of financial aid available to Indians enrolled in any school referred to in...
Page 171 - Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians; (c) "Tribal organization...
Page 171 - Act, the Secretary is authorized to expend under section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 USC 2004a), the sums authorized under subsection (b) to supply unmet needs for safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities in existing and new Indian homes and communities.
Page 171 - ... is a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians, including those tribes, bands, or groups terminated since 1940 and those recognized now or in the future by the State in which they reside, or who is a descendant, in the first or second degree, of any such member, or...
Page 171 - Tribal organization" means the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe or any legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body...
Page 3 - STATEMENT OF HON. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Senator KENNEDY. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I...
Page 171 - The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy.
Page 171 - ... unmet; (4) related support factors. For example, over seven hundred housing units are needed for staff at remote Service facilities; (5) lack of access of Indians to health services due to remote residences, undeveloped or underdeveloped communication and transportation systems, and difficult, sometimes severe, climate conditions; and (6) lack of safe water and sanitary waste disposal services.