---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1667a"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1667a"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1667a"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter V–A — Behavioral Health Programs"
  - "Part B — Indian Youth Suicide Prevention"
---

# §1667a. Definitions


In this part:

- (1) **Administration—** The term “Administration” means the [Substance Abuse](/usc/25/1603.md?p=21) and Mental Health [Services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) Administration.
- (2) **Demonstration project—** The term “demonstration project” means the [Indian](/usc/25/1603.md?p=13) youth [telemental health](#3) demonstration project authorized under [section 1667b(a) of this title](/usc/25/1667b.md?p=a).
- (3) **Telemental health—** The term “telemental health” means the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance mental health care, patient and professional-related education, public health, and health [administration](#1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 722, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 722 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 181 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.