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42 U.S.C. § 912 — Office of Rural Health Policy
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**(a)** There shall be established in the Department of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Department”) an Office of Rural Health Policy (in this section referred to as the “Office”). The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall advise the Secretary on the effects of current policies and proposed statutory, regulatory, administrative, and budgetary changes in the programs established under subchapters XVIII and XIX on the financial viability of small rural hospitals, the ability of rural areas (and rural hospitals in particular) to attract and retain physicians and other health professionals, and access to (and the quality of) health care in rural areas.
**(b)** In addition to advising the Secretary with respect to the matters specified in subsection (a), the Director, through the Office, shall—
(1) oversee compliance with the requirements of [section 1302(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1302/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and section 4403 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (as such section pertains to rural health issues),
(2) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on—
(A) rural health care issues, including rural mental health, rural infant mortality prevention, and rural occupational safety and preventive health promotion,
(B) research findings relating to rural health care, and
(C) innovative approaches to the delivery of health care in rural areas, including programs providing community-based mental health services, pre-natal and infant care services, and rural occupational safety and preventive health education and promotion,
(3) coordinate the activities within the Department that relate to rural health
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**(a)** There shall be established in the Department of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Department”) an Office of Rural Health Policy (in this section referred to as the “Office”). The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall advise the Secretary on the effects of current policies and proposed statutory, regulatory, administrative, and budgetary changes in the programs established under subchapters XVIII and XIX on the financial viability of small rural hospitals, the ability of rural areas (and rural hospitals in particular) to attract and retain physicians and other health professionals, and access to (and the quality of) health care in rural areas.
**(b)** In addition to advising the Secretary with respect to the matters specified in subsection (a), the Director, through the Office, shall—
(1) oversee compliance with the requirements of [section 1302(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1302/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and section 4403 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (as such section pertains to rural health issues),
(2) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on—
(A) rural health care issues, including rural mental health, rural infant mortality prevention, and rural occupational safety and preventive health promotion,
(B) research findings relating to rural health care, and
(C) innovative approaches to the delivery of health care in rural areas, including programs providing community-based mental health services, pre-natal and infant care services, and rural occupational safety and preventive health education and promotion,
(3) coordinate the activities within the Department that relate to rural health care,
(4) provide information to the Secretary and others in the Department with respect to the activities, of other Federal departments and agencies, that relate to rural health care, including activities relating to rural mental health, rural infant mortality, and rural occupational safety and preventive health promotion, and
(5) administer grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide technical assistance and other activities as necessary to support activities related to improving health care in rural areas.
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Every bill or joint resolution in each House of Congress shall, when such bill or resolution passes either House, be printed, and such printed copy shall be called the engrossed bill or resolution as the case may be. Said engrossed bill or resolution shall be signed by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, and shall be sent to the other House, and in that form shall be dealt with by that House and its officers, and, if passed, returned signed by said Clerk or Secretary. When such bill, or joint resolution shall have passed both Houses, it shall be printed and shall then be called the enrolled bill, or joint resolution, as the case may be, and shall be signed by the presiding officers of both Houses and sent to the President of the United States. During the last six days of a session such engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions may be done otherwise than as above prescribed, upon the order of Congress by concurrent resolution.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (established under [section 912 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section912&num=0&edition=prelim)), shall make grants to each State Office of Rural Health for the purpose of improving health care in rural areas.
**(b) Requirement of matching funds**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless the State office of rural health involved agrees, with respect to the costs to be incurred in carrying out the purpose described in such subsection, to provide non-Federal contributions toward such costs in an amount equal to $3 for each $1 of Federal funds provided in the grant.
(2) **Waiver or reduction** — The Secretary may waive or reduce the non-Federal contribution if the Secretary determines that requiring matching funds would limit the State office of rural health’s ability to carry out the purpose described in subsection (a).
(3) **Determination of amount of non-Federal contribution** — Non-Federal contributions required in paragraph (1) may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such non-Federal contributions.
**(c) Certain required activities** Recipients of a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant funds for purposes of—
(1) maintaining within the State office of rural health a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on—
(A) rural health care issues;
(B) research findings relating to rural hea
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 912
fund of the Treasury to any Trust Fund specified
in subsection (a) or for payments from any such
Trust Fund to the general fund of the Treasury.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VII, § 710, as added
and amended Pub. L. 98–21, title III, § 346(a)(1),
(b), Apr. 20, 1983, 97 Stat. 137, 138; Pub. L. 99–177,
title II, § 261(a)(1), (b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1093,
1094; Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10209(c), Aug. 5,
1997, 111 Stat. 711.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in sub-
sec. (a), is classified generally to Title 26, Internal Rev-
enue Code.
AMENDMENTS
1997—Pub. L. 105–33 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section provided that receipts and dis-
bursements of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Trust Fund, Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund,
and Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and taxes
imposed under sections 1401, 3101, and 3111 of title 26
were not to be included in totals of budget of United
States Government, that no law enacted after Dec. 12,
1985, except certain appropriations Act provisions,
could provide for payments from general fund of the
Treasury to any such Trust Fund or from any such
Trust Fund to general fund, and that disbursements of
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund
were to be treated as a separate major functional cat-
egory in budget of the Government.
1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–177, § 261(b), designated
existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
Pub. L. 99–177, § 261(a)(1)(E), temporarily added sub-
sec. (a). See Effective and Termination Dates of 1985
Amendment note below.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–177, § 261(a)(1)(A)–(D), tempo-
rarily designated existing provisions
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