PATIENT TRAVEL COSTS.

SEC. 208. PATIENT TRAVEL COSTS.Title II of the Act (as amended by section 207 of this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “patient travel costs “Sec. 213. (a) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall provide funds for the following patient travel costs associated with receiving health care services provided (either through direct or contract care or through contracts entered into pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act) under this Act— “(1) emergency air transportation; and “(2) nonemergency air transportation where ground transportation is infeasible. “(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.”.