contract eligibility

contract eligibility Sec. 503. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall place Such conditions as he deems necessary to effect the purpose of this title in any contract which, he makes with any urban Indian organization pursuant to this title. Such conditions shall include, but are not limited to, requirements that the organization successfully undertake the following activities: (1) determine the population of urban Indians which are or could be recipients of health referral or care services; (2) identify all public and private health service resources within the urban center in which the organization is situated which are or may be available to urban Indians; (3) assist such resources in providing service to such urban Indians; (4) assist such urban Indians in becoming familiar with and utilizing such resources; (5) provide basic health education to such urban Indians; (6) establish and implement manpower training programs to accomplish the referral and education tasks set forth in clauses (3) through (5) of this subsection; _ (7) identify gaps between unmet health needs of urban Indians and the resources available to meet such needs; 90 STAT. 1411 (8) make recommendations to the Secretary and Federal, State, local, and other resource agencies on methods of improving health service programs to meet the needs of urban Indians: and (9) where necessary, provide or contract for health care services to urban Indians. (b) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall by regulation prescribe the criteria for selecting urban Indian organizations with which to contract pursuant to this title. Such criteria shall, among other factors, take into consideration: (1) the extent of the unmet health care needs of urban Indians in the urban center involved; (2) the size of the urban Indian population which is to receive assistance; (3) the relative accessibility which such population has to health care services in such urban center; (4) the extent, if any, to which the activities set forth in subsection (a) would duplicate any previous or current public or private health services project funded by another source in such urban center; (5) the appropriateness and likely effectiveness of the activities set forth in subsection (a) in such urban center; (6) the existence of an urban Indian organization capable of performing the activities set forth in subsection (a) and of entering into a contract with the Secretary pursuant to this title; and (7) the extent, of existing or likely future participation in the activities set forth in subsection (a) by appropriate health and health-related Federal, State, local, and other resource agencies.