2013 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 18 - INDIAN HEALTH CARE (§§ 1601 - 1683)
Subchapter V-A - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS (§§ 1665 - 1667e)
Part A - General Programs (§§ 1665 - 1665n)
Section 1665i - Training and community education
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 25 - INDIANS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 18 - INDIAN HEALTH CARE SUBCHAPTER V-A - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS Part A - General Programs Sec. 1665i - Training and community education |
Contains | section 1665i |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-437, title VII, §710, as added Pub. L. 111-148, title X, §10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935. |
Statutes at Large References | 106 Stat. 4580 124 Stat. 935 |
Public Law References | Public Law 94-437, Public Law 102-573, Public Law 111-148 |
Congressional Bill Reference | Unknown Value1790 111th Congress |
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The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall develop and implement or assist Indian tribes and tribal organizations to develop and implement, within each Service unit or tribal program, a program of community education and involvement which shall be designed to provide concise and timely information to the community leadership of each tribal community. Such program shall include education about behavioral health issues to political leaders, tribal judges, law enforcement personnel, members of tribal health and education boards, health care providers including traditional practitioners, and other critical members of each tribal community. Such program may also include community-based training to develop local capacity and tribal community provider training for prevention, intervention, treatment, and aftercare.
(b) InstructionThe Secretary, acting through the Service, shall provide instruction in the area of behavioral health issues, including instruction in crisis intervention and family relations in the context of alcohol and substance abuse, child sexual abuse, youth alcohol and substance abuse, and the causes and effects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders to appropriate employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Service, and to personnel in schools or programs operated under any contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Service, including supervisors of emergency shelters and halfway houses described in section 2433 of this title.
(c) Training modelsIn carrying out the education and training programs required by this section, the Secretary, in consultation with Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Indian behavioral health experts, and Indian alcohol and substance abuse prevention experts, shall develop and provide community-based training models. Such models shall address—
(1) the elevated risk of alcohol abuse and other behavioral health problems faced by children of alcoholics;
(2) the cultural, spiritual, and multigenerational aspects of behavioral health problem prevention and recovery; and
(3) community-based and multidisciplinary strategies for preventing and treating behavioral health problems.
(Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, §710, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, §10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)
CODIFICATIONSection 710 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 181 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 1665i, Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, §710, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, §702(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4580, provided for the completion of construction of the Thunder Child Treatment Center, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 111–148.
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