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

# §1621k. Coverage of screening mammography


The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17), through the [Service](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18), shall provide for screening mammography (as defined in section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)](/usc/42/1395x.md?p=jj)]) for [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) and [urban Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=28) women 35 years of age or older at a frequency, determined by the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) (in consultation with the Director of the National Cancer Institute), appropriate to such women, and under such terms and conditions as are consistent with standards established by the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) to assure the safety and accuracy of screening mammography under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1395j](/usc/42/1395j.md) et seq.] and other cancer screenings.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 212, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 207(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4550; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Part B of title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to part B (§ 1395j et seq.) of subchapter XVIII of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

### Codification

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 128 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.

### Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–148 inserted “and other cancer screenings” before period at end.