§ 1667a - Definitions

CHAPTER 18— INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER V–A— BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

In this part:

(1) The term “Administration” means the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

(2) The term “demonstration project” means the Indian youth telemental health demonstration project authorized under section 1667b(a) of this title.

(3) The term “telemental health” means the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance mental health care, patient and professional-related education, public health, and health administration.

Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section 722 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.