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42 U.S.C. § 300r — Grants for construction or modernization proj­ects

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 93-641 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 513 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary may give grants to fix urgent safety hazards or licensing problems at medical facilities. States and nonprofit facilities serving low-income patients can qualify, and grants normally cover up to 75 percent of a project's cost, or 100 percent in poor areas. A separate grant program funds building or converting outpatient facilities for underserved populations, covering up to 80 percent of costs, or 100 percent in poor areas.

(a) Authority; objectives; eligible grantees; maximum amounts; authorization of appropriations; availability of unobligated funds. (1)(A) The Secretary may give grants for construction or modernization projects that (i) eliminate or prevent imminent safety hazards under fire, building, or life-safety codes, or (ii) help a facility avoid failing to meet state or voluntary licensing or accreditation standards. (B) Such a grant can only go to (i) a state or local government entity — including a city, town, county, or public hospital authority — for a facility it owns or runs, or (ii) a nonprofit private entity for a facility it owns or runs, but only if the Secretary finds (I) the facility serves its community and its share of patients who can't pay is similar to what a government-owned facility would show, and (II) without the grant, care for low-income patients would be disrupted. (2) A grant under paragraph (1) normally can't cover more than 75 percent of the project's cost. In an area the Secretary designates as an urban or rural poverty area, the grant can cover up to 100 percent. (3) Congress authorized $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1982 for these grants. Money available for this purpose in fiscal year 1979 (under the rule as it existed before October 4, 1979) stays available in the following fiscal year. (b) Projects for medically underserved populations; eligible grantees; maximum amounts; authorization of appropriations. (1) The Secretary may also give grants to public and nonprofit private entities for (A) building or modernizing outpatient medical facilities located apart from hospitals, that will serve medically underserved populations, or (B) converting existing facilities into outpatient or long-term care facilities for those same populations. (2) This grant normally can't cover more than 80 percent of the project's cost — up to 100 percent in an urban or rural poverty area. (3) Congress authorized $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1982 for these grants.
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(a) Authority; objectives; eligible grantees; maximum amounts; authorization of appropriations; availability of unobligated funds
(1)
(A)

The Secretary may make grants for construction or modernization projects designed to—

(i)

eliminate or prevent in medical facilities imminent safety hazards as defined by Federal, State, or local fire, building, or life safety codes or regulations, or

(ii)

avoid noncompliance by medical facilities with State or voluntary licensure or accreditation standards.

(B)

A grant under subparagraph (A) may only be made to—

(i)

a State or political subdivision of a State, including any city, town, county, borough, hospital district authority, or public or quasi-public corporation, for any medical facility owned or operated by the State or political subdivision; and

(ii)

a nonprofit private entity for any medical facility owned or operated by the entity but only if the Secretary determines—

(I)

the level of community service provided by the facility and the proportion of its patients who are unable to pay for services rendered in the facility is similar to such level and proportion in a medical facility of a State or political subdivision, and

(II)

that without a grant under subparagraph (A) there would be a disruption of the provision of health care to low-income individuals.

(2)

The amount of any grant under paragraph (1) may not exceed 75 per centum of the cost of the project for which the grant is made unless the project is located in an area determined by the Secretary to be an urban or rural poverty area, in which case the grant may cover up to 100 per centum of such costs.

(3)

There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under paragraph (1) $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. Funds available for obligation under this subsection (as in effect before October 4, 1979) in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, shall remain available for obligation under this subsection in the succeeding fiscal year.

(b) Projects for medically underserved populations; eligible grantees; maximum amounts; authorization of appropriations
(1)

The Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects for (A) construction or modernization of outpatient medical facilities which are located apart from hospitals and which will provide services for medically underserved populations, and (B) conversion of existing facilities into outpatient medical facilities or facilities for long-term care to provide services for such populations.

(2)

The amount of any grant under paragraph (1) may not exceed 80 per centum of the cost of the project for which the grant is made unless the project is located in an area determined by the Secretary to be an urban or rural poverty area, in which case the grant may cover up to 100 per centum of such costs.

(3)

There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under paragraph (1) $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1610, formerly § 1625, as added Pub. L. 93–641, § 4, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2268; amended Pub. L. 95–83, title I, § 103(b), Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 383; renumbered § 1610 and amended Pub. L. 96–79, title II, §§ 201(c), 203(b), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 631, 635.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 93-641 · 88 Stat. 2268
  • 1977Amended · Pub. L. 95-83 · 91 Stat. 383
  • 1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-79 · 93 Stat. 631, 635

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 93-641 on 1944-07-01.

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