GroundRules
42 CFR 137.256: Under what circumstances may the Secretary reassume a program, service, function, or activity (or portion thereof)?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42—Public Health
- CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER M—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- PART 137—TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE
- Subpart M—Reassumption
(a) Subject to the steps in § 137.257, the Secretary may reassume a program, service, function, or activity (or portion thereof) and associated funding if the Secretary makes a specific finding relative to that PSFA of :
(1) Imminent endangerment of the public health caused by an act or omission of the Self-Governance Tribe, and the imminent endangerment arises out of a failure to carry out the compact or funding agreement; or
(2) Gross mismanagement with respect to funds transferred to the Self-Governance Tribe by a compact or funding agreement, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Inspector General, as appropriate.
(b) Immediate reassumption may occur under additional requirements set forth in § 137.261.
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