---
type: "LegalText"
title: "25 U.S.C. § 1621i"
description: "Managed care feasibility study"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
chapter_number: "18"
chapter_name: "INDIAN HEALTH CARE"
section: "1621i"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1621i"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc25@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1621i"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-25/usc25.xml"
source_hash: "6fe5fbfb84c0b905a9f0e8efc4db0debc202f6762779adf4bc4fedde9703716f"
raw_snapshot_hash: "d4661d83bff6862be548ac8e843ba61e942ed983aade7cf83cb7dbc3dcd08168"
text_hash: "d5e12f603ba254c7ca74899319279e7f63e74e8fd08bc03cacb0970ba4053377"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 25 U.S.C. § 1621i - Managed care feasibility study

## Text

(a) The Secretary, acting through the Service, shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility of allowing an Indian tribe to purchase, directly or through the Service, managed care coverage for all members of the tribe from—

(1) a tribally owned and operated managed care plan; or

(2) a State licensed managed care plan.

(b) Not later than the date which is 12 months after October 29, 1992, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report containing—

(1) a detailed description of the study conducted pursuant to this section; and

(2) a discussion of the findings and conclusions of such study.

(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 206(b), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4549.)