2015 US Code
Title 25 - Indians (Sections 1 - 4307)
Chapter 18 - Indian Health Care (Sections 1601 - 1683)
Subchapter I - Indian Health Professional Personnel (Sections 1611 - 1616r)
Sec. 1616i - Additional incentives for health professionals
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 I - INDIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL Sec. 1616i - Additional incentives for health professionals |
| Contains | section 1616i |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-437, title I, §116, as added Pub. L. 100-713, title I, §109, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4798; amended Pub. L. 102-573, title I, §117(b)(8), title IX, §901(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4544, 4590. |
| Statutes at Large References | 102 Stat. 4798 106 Stat. 4544 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 94-437, Public Law 100-713, Public Law 102-573 |
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The Secretary may provide the incentive special pay authorized under section 302(b) of title 37 to civilian medical officers of the Indian Health Service who are assigned to, and serving in, positions included in the list established under subsection (b)(1) for which recruitment or retention of personnel is difficult.
(b) List of positions; bonus pay(1) The Secretary shall establish and update on an annual basis a list of positions of health care professionals employed by, or assigned to, the Service for which recruitment or retention is difficult.
(2)(A) The Secretary may pay a bonus to any commissioned officer or civil service employee, other than a commissioned medical officer, dental officer, optometrist, and veterinarian, who is employed in or assigned to, and serving in, a position in the Service included in the list established by the Secretary under paragraph (1).
(B) The total amount of bonus payments made by the Secretary under this paragraph to any employee during any 1-year period shall not exceed $2,000.
(c) Work schedulesThe Secretary may establish programs to allow the use of flexible work schedules, and compressed work schedules, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 61 of title 5, for health professionals employed by, or assigned to, the Service.
(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, §116, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, §109, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4798; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, §117(b)(8), title IX, §901(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4544, 4590.)
AMENDMENTS1992—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, §901(1), struck out subsec. (d) which required a report to Congress by the Secretary no later than 6 months after Nov. 23, 1988, relating to overtime pay for individuals employed by the Service.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102–573, §117(b)(8), struck out subsec. (e) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1990 to 1992.
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