---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1621i"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1621i"
heading: "Managed care feasibility study"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1621i"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter II — Health Services"
---

# §1621i. Managed care feasibility study

- (a) The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17), acting through the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18), shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility of allowing an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14) to purchase, directly or through the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18), managed care coverage for all members of the tribe from—
  - (1) a tribally owned and operated managed care plan; or
  - (2) a State licensed managed care plan.
- (b) Not later than the date which is 12 months after October 29, 1992, the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall transmit to the Congress a report containing—
  - (1) a detailed description of the study conducted pursuant to this section; and
  - (2) a discussion of the findings and conclusions of such study.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 206(b), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4549.)