25 U.S.C. § 1601 : US Code - Section 1601: Congressional findings

Search 25 U.S.C. § 1601 : US Code - Section 1601: Congressional findings

The Congress finds the following:
(a) Federal health services to maintain and improve the health of
the Indians are consonant with and required by the Federal
Government's historical and unique legal relationship with, and
resulting responsibility to, the American Indian people.
(b) A major national goal of the United States is to provide the
quantity and quality of health services which will permit the
health status of Indians to be raised to the highest possible level
and to encourage the maximum participation of Indians in the
planning and management of those services.
(c) Federal health services to Indians have resulted in a
reduction in the prevalence and incidence of preventable illnesses
among, and unnecessary and premature deaths of, Indians.
(d) Despite such services, the unmet health needs of the American
Indian people are severe and the health status of the Indians is
far below that of the general population of the United States.