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25 USC § 1682 - Subrogation of claims by Indian Health Service

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1682"
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title: "25 USC § 1682 - Subrogation of claims by Indian Health Service"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1682"
section_name: "Subrogation of claims by Indian Health Service"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(h) [title II], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–242, 1783–277, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(h) [title II], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–242, 3341–277.)"
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# 1 Subrogation of claims by Indian Health Service

See References in Text note below.

October 18, 1986[^1]

On and after , the Indian Health Service may seek subrogation of claims including but not limited to auto accident claims, including no-fault claims, personal injury, disease, or disability claims, and worker’s compensation claims, the proceeds of which shall be credited to the funds established by sections 401 and 402  of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(h) [title II], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–242, 1783–277, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(h) [title II], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–242, 3341–277.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 401 and 402 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, referred to in text, probably means former sections 401 and 402 of , , , 1409, which enacted sections 1395qq and 1396j of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, amended sections 1395f, 1395n, and 1396d of Title 42, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1395qq and 1396j of Title 42. Sections 401 and 402 of the Act were amended generally by section 401(a), (b)(1) of , , , and by , title X, , , and are classified to sections 1641 and 1642 of this title, respectively.

### Codification

is a corrected version of .

Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987, as enacted by  and , and not as part of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act which comprises this chapter.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1682, , , , 1865, which related to subrogation of claims by Indian Health Service, was omitted as superseded by section 101(h) [title II] of  and .