Authorization for emergency contract health services

Section 406 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1646) is amended— (1) by striking With respect to and inserting the following: (b) Elderly or disabled Indians With respect to; and (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so designated) the following: (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), with respect to an Indian receiving emergency medical care or services from a non-Service provider or in a non-Service facility under the authority of this Act, the time limitation (as a condition of payment) for notifying the Service of such treatment or admission shall be 15 days..