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PUBLIC LAW 93-641-JAN. 4, 1975 "TITLE XVI—HEALTH RESOURCES
[88 STAT.
DEVELOPMENT
"PART A—PURPOSE, STATE PLAN, AND PROJECT XAPPROVAL "PURPOSE
42 USC 3ooo. Post, p. 2 262. Post, p. 2264.
"SEC. 1601. I t is the purpose of this title to provide assistance, through allotments under part B and loans and loan guarantees ^^^ interest subsidies under part C, for projects for— "(1) modernization of medical facilities; " (2) construction of new outpatient medical facilities; "(3) construction of new inpatient medical facilities in areas which have experienced (as determined under regulations of the Secretary) recent rapid population growth; and "(4) conversion of existing medical facilities for the provision of new health services, and to provide assistance, through grants under part D, for construction and modernization projects designed to prevent or eliminate safety hazards in medical facilities or to avoid noncompliance by such facilities with licensure or accreditation standards. "GENERAL REGULATIONS
42 USC 300O-1.
"SEC. 1602. The Secretary shall by regulation— "(1) prescribe the general manner in which the State Agency of each State shall determine for the State medical facilities plan under section 1603 the priority among projects within the State for which assistance is available under this title, based on the relative need of different areas within the State for such projects and giving special consideration— " (A) to projects for medical facilities serving areas with relatively small financial resources and for medical facilities serving rural communities, " (B) in the case of projects for modernization of medical facilities, to projects for facilities serving densely populated areas, " (C) in the case of projects for construction of outpatient medical facilities, to projects that will be located in, and provide services for residents of, areas determined by the Secretary to be rural or urban poverty areas, " (D) to projects designed to (i) eliminate or prevent imminent safety hazards as defined by Federal, State, or local fire, building, or life safety codes or regulations, or (ii) avoid noncompliance with State or voluntary licensure or accreditation standards, and " (E) to projects for medical facilities which, alone or in conjunction with other facilities, will provide comprehensive health care, including outpatient and preventive care as well as hospitalization; "(2) prescribe for medical facilities projects assisted under this title general standards of construction, modernization, and equipment for medical facilities of different classes and in different types of location; "(3) prescribe criteria for determining needs for medical facility beds and needs for medical facilities, and for developing plans for the distribution of such beds and facilities; "(4) prescribe criteria for determining the extent to which existing medical facilities are in need of modernization;
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