42 U.S.C. § 300t — Development grants for health systems

Page 1363 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 300t–11 1 See References in Text note below. Attorney General upon request of the Secretary) which will effect compliance by the entity with such assurances. An action to effectuate compli- ance with any such assurance may be brought by a person other than the Secretary only if a complaint has been filed by such person with the Secretary and the Secretary has dismissed such complaint or the Attorney General has not brought a civil action for compliance with such assurance within six months after the date on which the complaint was filed with the Sec- retary. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1627, as added Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 202(c), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 634.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 204 of Pub. L. 96–79, set out as an Effective Date of 1979 Amend- ment note under section 300q of this title. PART D—AREA HEALTH SERVICES DEVELOPMENT FUNDS Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 632, redesignated former part F as part D relating to area health services development funds and former part D as part B. § 300t. Development grants for health systems agencies (a) Eligible recipients; purpose of grants The Secretary shall make in each fiscal year a grant to each health system agency— (1) with which there is in effect a designa- tion agreement under section 300l–4(c) 1 of this title, (2) which has in effect an HSP and AIP re- viewed by the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, and (3) which, as determined under the review made under section 300n–4(c) 1 of this title, is organized and operated in the manner pre- scribed by section 300l–1(b) 1 of this title and is performing its functions under section 300l–2 1 of this title in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary, to enable the agency to establish and maintain an Area Health Service Development Fund from which it may make grants and enter into con- tracts in accordance with section 300l–2(c)(3) 1 of this title. (b) Determination of amounts; maximum amounts (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount of any grant under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary after taking into consideration the population of the health service area for which the health systems agen- cy is designated, the average family income of the area, and the supply of health services in the area. (2) The amount of any grant under subsection (a) to a health systems agency for any fiscal year may not exceed the product of $1 and the population of the health service area for which such agency is designated. (c) Applications; submission and approval as pre- requisite; form and contents No grant may be made under subsection (a) unless an application therefor has been sub- mitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner and contain such information as the Secretary may require. (d) Authorization of appropriations For the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants under subsection (a), there are author- ized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $75,000,000 for the fis- cal year ending June 30, 1976, $120,000,000 each for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977, and September 30, 1978, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1640, as added Pub. L. 93–641, § 4, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2273; amended Pub. L. 95–83, title I, § 103(c), Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 383; Pub. L. 96–79, title I, § 127(e), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 629.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Sections 300l–2, 300l–4, and 300n–4 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), were repealed effective Jan. 1, 1987, by Pub. L. 99–660, title VII, § 701(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3799. Section 300l–1 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), was in the original a reference to section 1512 of act July 1, 1944, which was repealed effective Jan. 1, 1987, by Pub. L. 99–660, title VII, § 701(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3799. Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 307, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3495, enacted section 1502A of act July 1, 1944, which is classified to section 300l–1 of this title. AMENDMENTS 1979—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–79 authorized appropria- tions of $20,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1981, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1982. 1977—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–83 substituted ‘‘each for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1977, and Sep- tember 30, 1978’’ for ‘‘for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977’’. PART E—PROGRAM TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY DISCONTINUANCE OF UNNEEDED HOSPITAL SERVICES AND CONVERSION OF UNNEEDED HOSPITAL SERVICES TO OTHER HEALTH SERVICES NEEDED BY COMMUNITY Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 202(a), title III, § 301(a), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 632, 636, added part E relating to program to assist and encourage voluntary discontinuance of unneeded hospital services and conversion of unneeded hospital services to other health services needed by the community and redesignated former part E as part C. § 300t–11. Grants and assistance for establish- ment of program The Secretary shall, by April 1, 1980, establish a program under which— (1) grants and technical assistance may be provided to hospitals in operation on October