42 USC § 11703 - Comprehensive health care master plan for Native Hawaiians

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s11703"
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title: "42 USC § 11703 - Comprehensive health care master plan for Native Hawaiians"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "11703"
section_name: "Comprehensive health care master plan for Native Hawaiians"
chapter_number: 122
chapter_name: "NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH CARE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–579, § 4, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2916; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2304, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4223; Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, § 9168, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1948.)"
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# § 11703. Comprehensive health care master plan for Native Hawaiians

**(a)** **Development** The Secretary may make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, Papa Ola Lokahi for the purpose of coordinating, implementing and updating a Native Hawaiian comprehensive health care master plan designed to promote comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention services and to maintain and improve the health status of Native Hawaiians. The master plan shall be based upon an assessment of the health care status and health care needs of Native Hawaiians. To the extent practicable, assessments made as of the date of such grant or contract shall be used by Papa Ola Lokahi, except that any such assessment shall be updated as appropriate.

**(b)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–579, § 4, Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2916; Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2304, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4223; Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, § 9168, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1948.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The 1992 amendment is based on section 1 of S. 2681, One Hundred Second Congress, as passed by the Senate on , and enacted into law by . Section 9168, which referred to S. 2681, as passed by the Senate on “”, has been treated as referring to S. 2681, as passed by the Senate on , to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

and  enacted substantially identical sections. The text of this section is based on , as subsequently amended.

### Amendments

1992— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to Native Hawaiian health centers.