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 102 STAT. 4788

PUBLIC LAW 100-713—NOV. 23, 1988

"(2) a resident of the State of Hawaii, and ''(3) a descendant of the aboriginal people, who prior to 1778, occupied and exercised sovereignly in the area lliat now constitutes the State of Hawaii, as evidenced by— "(A) genealogical records, "(B) Kupuna (elders) or Kama'aina Gong-term community residents) verification, or "(Q birth records of the State of Hawaii. "(d) There are authorized to be appropriated $1,800,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 for the purpose of funding the scholarship assistance provided under subsection (a).''. COMMUNITY HEALTH REFBESENTATIVES

SBC. 107. Title I is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "OOMBCUNTTT HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM

25 USC 1616.

"SEC. 107. (a) Under the authority of the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 UJS.C. 13), popularly known as the Snyder Act, the Secretary shall maintain a Community Health Representative Program under which the Service— "(1) provides for the training of Indians as health paraprof^sionals,and "(2) uses such paraprofessionals in the provision of health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services to Indian communities. "(b) The Secretary, acting through the Community Health Representative Program of the Service, shall— "(1) provide a high standard of training for paraprofessionals to Community Health Representatives to ensure that the Community Health Representatives provide quality health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services to the Indian communities served by such Program, "(2) in order to provide such training, develop a curriculum that— "(A) combines education in the theory of health care with supervised practical experience in the provision of health care, and "(B) provides instruction and practical experience in health promotion and disease prevention activities, "(3) develop a system which identifies the needs of Community Health Representatives for continuing education in health care, health promotion, and disease prevention and develop programs that meet the needs for such continuing education, "(4) develop and maintain a system that provides close supervision of Community Health Representatives, "(5) develop a system under which the work of (Community Health Representatives is reviewed and evaluated, and "(6) promote traditional health care practices of the Indian tribes served consistent with the Service standards for the provision of health care, health promotion, and disease prevention.".

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