1. Deeming an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury
Title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1651) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“519. Deeming an urban Indian organization and employees thereof to be a part of the Public Health Service for the purposes of certain claims for personal injury
“Section 102(d) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act shall apply—
“(1) to an Urban Indian organization to the same extent and in the same manner as such section applies to an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, and an Indian contractor; and
“(2) to the employees of an Urban Indian organization to the same extent and in the same manner as such section applies to employees of an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or an Indian contractor.”