25 U.S.C. § 1665d
Mental health technician program
United States · Title 25 — INDIANS · Status: effective
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- 25 U.S.C. § 1665d, Mental health technician program, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/461075
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Pursuant to section 13 of this title, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a mental health technician program within the Service which—
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Service, shall provide high-standard paraprofessional training in mental health care necessary to provide quality care to the Indian communities to be served. Such training shall be based upon a curriculum developed or approved by the Secretary which combines education in the theory of mental health care with supervised practical experience in the provision of such care.
The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall supervise and evaluate the mental health technicians in the training program.
The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall ensure that the program established pursuant to this section involves the use and promotion of the traditional health care practices of the Indian tribes to be served.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Indian Health Care Improvement ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act