42 U.S.C. § 2002 : US Code - Section 2002: Transfer of hospitals and facilities to State or private institutions; conditions and restrictions; failure to meet requirements

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2002 : US Code - Section 2002: Transfer of hospitals and facilities to State or private institutions; conditions and restrictions; failure to meet requirements

Whenever the health needs of the Indians can be better met
thereby, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized
in his discretion to enter into contracts with any State,
Territory, or political subdivision thereof, or any private
nonprofit corporation, agency or institution providing for the
transfer by the United States Public Health Service of Indian
hospitals or health facilities, including initial operating
equipment and supplies.
It shall be a condition of such transfer that all facilities
transferred shall be available to meet the health needs of the
Indians and that such health needs shall be given priority over
those of the non-Indian population. No hospital or health facility
that has been constructed or maintained for a specific tribe of
Indians, or for a specific group of tribes, shall be transferred by
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to a non-Indian entity
or organization under this subchapter unless such action has been
approved by the governing body of the tribe, or by the governing
bodies of a majority of the tribes, for which such hospital or
health facility has been constructed or maintained: Provided, That
if, following such transfer by the United States Public Health
Service, the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds the
hospital or health facility transferred under this section is not
thereafter serving the need of the Indians, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall notify those charged with management
thereof, setting forth needed improvements, and in the event such
improvements are not made within a time to be specified, shall
immediately assume management and operation of such hospital or
health facility.