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[86 STAT. 1387]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 1387]

86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-603-OCT. 30, 1972

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adjustments in such payments on account of overpayments or underpayments previously made), for the reasonable cost of performing the functions specified in subsection (b). ' ' (d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), if the Secretary determines that— " (A) neither the planning agency designated in the agreement described in subsection (b) nor an agency described in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) of this jjaragraph had been given notice of any proposed capital expenditure (in accordance with such procedure or in such detail as may be required by such agency) at least 60 days prior to obligation for such expenditure; or (B)(i) the planning agency so designated or an agency so described had received such timely notice of the intention to make such capital expenditure and had, within a reasonable period after receiving such notice and prior to obligation for such expenditure, notified the person proposing such expenditure that the expenditure would not be in conformity with the standards, criteria, or plans developed by such agency or any other agency described in clause (ii) for adecpiate health care facilities in such State or in the area for which such other agency has responsibility, and "'(ii) the planning agency so designated had, prior to submitting to the Secretary the findings referred to in subsection (b) — ' ' (I) consulted with, and taken into consideration the findings and recommendations of, the State planning agencies established pursuant to sections 314(a) and 604(a) of the Public Health Service Act (to the extent that either such ^„'*,2 "^^ 2^^' 291d. agency is not the agency so designated) as well as the public or nonprofit private agency or organization responsible for the comprehensive regional, metropolitan area, or other local area plan or plans referred to in section 814(b) of the Public Health Service Act and covering the area in which the health care facility or health maintenance organization proposing such capital expenditure is located (where such agency is not the agency designated in the agreement), or, if there is no such agency, such other public or nonprofit private agency or organization (if any) as performs, as determined in accordance with criteria included in regulations, similar functions, and " ( II) granted to the person proposing such capital expenditure an opportunity for a fair hearing with respect to such findings; then, for such period as he finds necessary in any case to effectuate the purpose of this section, he shall, in determining the Federal payments to be made under titles V, X VIII, and X IX with respect to services 42 USC 701, furnished in the health care facility for which such capital expendi- 1 3 9 5, 1 3 9 6. ture is made, not include any amount which is attributable to depreciation, interest on borrowed funds, a return on equity capital (in the case of proprietary facilities), or other expenses related to such capital expenditure. With respect to any organization which is reimbursed on a per capita basis, in determining the Federal payments to be made under titles V, X VIII, and X IX, the Secretary shall exclude an amount which in his judgment is a reasonable equivalent to the amount which would otherwise be excluded under this subsection if payment were to be made on othei' than a per capita basis. "(2) If the Secretary, after submitting the matters involved to the advisory council established or designated under subsection (i), determines that an exclusion of expenses related to any capital expenditure of any health care facility or health maintenance organization would discoirrage the operation or expansion of such facility