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25 USC § 1621k - Coverage of screening mammography

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1621k"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 1621k - Coverage of screening mammography"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1621k"
section_name: "Coverage of screening mammography"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "HEALTH SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 212, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 207(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4550; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)"
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# § 1621k. Coverage of screening mammography

42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)42 U.S.C. 1395j

The Secretary, through the Service, shall provide for screening mammography (as defined in section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act []) for Indian and urban Indian women 35 years of age or older at a frequency, determined by the Secretary (in consultation with the Director of the National Cancer Institute), appropriate to such women, and under such terms and conditions as are consistent with standards established by the Secretary to assure the safety and accuracy of screening mammography under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act [ et seq.] and other cancer screenings.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 212, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 207(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4550; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is , . Part B of title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to part B (§ 1395j et seq.) of subchapter XVIII of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Codification

Amendment by  is based on section 128 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 .

### Amendments

2010— inserted “and other cancer screenings” before period at end.