Transmittal Notice 71-03
06/07/71
BACKGROUND
This transmittal forwards revised Part 2 of Chapter 1, Part 2, of the Indian Health Manual. The material is noted by a vertical line in the margin.
The revision recommended by the Area Directors through the PAC assigns the responsibility of authorizing or denying contract health care services for Indians of one Area seeking services in another, to the Area in which services are rendered. The revision also provides that the same policy as applied to Indians within the Area is applied to Indians from another Area.
Emery A. Johnson, M.D.
Assistant Surgeon General
Director, Indian Health Service
MATERIAL TRANSMITTED
Pages 1, 2, 3, and 4, Chapter 1, Part 2.
MATERIAL SUPERSEDED
Page 2, Chapter 1, Part 2, transmitted under TN No. 70.9, dated 11/23/70.
MANUAL MAINTENANCE
Remove superseded page and file attached material in its place.
Distribution: HSM 102 thru 108; HSM 111 thru 118 - Tab - d
Date: June 7, 1971
