Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 5.djvu/820

 102 STAT. 4826

California.

25 USC 1661 note.

Effective date. 25 USC 1661 note.

PUBLIC LAW 100-713—NOV. 23, 1988

"(C) the amount of funds which will be needed to complete the implementation of a memagement information system in the succeeding fiscal years. "(b)(1) The Secretary shall provide each Indian tribe and tribal organization that provides health services under a contract entered into with the Service under the Indian Self-Determination Act automated management information systems which— "(A) meet the management information needs of such Indian tribe or tribal organization with respect to the treatment by the Indian tribe or tribal organization of patients of the Service, and "(B) meet the management information needs of the Service. "(2) The Secretary shall reimburse each Indian tribe or tribal organization for the part of the cost of the operation of a system provided under paragraph (1) which is attributable to the treatment by such Indian tribe or tribal organization of patients of the Service. "(3) The Secretary shall provide systems under paragraph (1) to Indian tribes and tribal organizations providing health services in California by no later than September 30, 1990. "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each patient shall have reasonable access to the medical or health records of such patient which are held by, or on behalf of, the Service.". (b) All personnel, records, equipment, facilities, and interests in property that are administered by the Indian Health Service on the day before the date on which the amendments made l ^ this section take effect shall be transferred to the Indian Health Service established by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section. All transfers must be accomplished within 9 months of the date of enactment of this section. The Secretary is authorized to waive the Indian preference laws on a case-by-case basis for temporary transfers involved in implementing this section during such 9-month period. (c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), section 601 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act added by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect 9 months from the date of the enactment of this section. (2) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c)(D, any action which carries out such section 601 that is taken by the Secretary before the effective date of such section 601 shall be effective beginning on the date such action was taken. (d) Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.". TITLE Vn—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS LEASING AND OTHER CONTRACTS

SEC. 701. Section 704 (25 U.S.C. 1674) is amended— (1) by striking out "Notwithstanding", and inserting in lieu thereof "(a) Notwithstanding", and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "0)) The Secretary may enter into leases, contracts, and other legal agreements with Indian tribes or tribal organizations which hold— "(1) title to; "(2) a leasehold interest in; or

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