; and (B) promote consultation on matters relating to Indian health. (b) Agency The Service shall be an agency within the Public Health Service of the Department, and shall not be an office, component, or unit of any other agency of the Department. (c) Duties The Director shall— (1) perform all functions that were, on the day before the date of enactment of the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2017 , carried out by or under the direction of the individual serving as Director of the Service on that day; (2) perform all functions of the Secretary relating to the maintenance and operation of hospital and health facilities for Indians and the planning for, and provision and utilization of, health services for Indians, including by ensuring that all agency directors, managers, and chief executive officers have appropriate and adequate training, experience, skill levels, knowledge, abilities, and education (including continuing training requirements) to competently fulfill the duties of the positions and the mission of the Service; (3) administer all health programs under which health care is provided to Indians based upon their status as Indians which are administered by the Secretary, including programs under— (A) this Act; (B) the Act of November 2, 1921 ( 25 U.S.C. 13 ); (C) the Act of August 5, 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.); (D) the Act of August 16, 1957 ( 42 U.S.C. 2005 et seq.); and (E) the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.); (4) administer all scholarship and loan functions carried out under title I; (5) directly advise the Secretary concerning the development of all policy- and budget-related matters affecting Indian health; (6) collaborate with the Assistant Secretary for Health concerning appropriate matters of Indian health that affect the agencies of the Public Health Service; (7) advise each Assistant Secretary of the Department concerning matters of Indian health with respect to which that Assistant Secretary has authority and responsibility