PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 722-OCT. 25, 1949
60 Stat. 1046.
42 U. S.C . §291h (b).
Ante, p. 899.
Limitation.
60 Stat. 1047.
42U. S.C. §291j (a).
60 Stat. 1046.
42U.S.C.§§291i-
291m; Supp. II , § 291i
et seq.
58 Stat. 691.
42U.S.C.§241;
Supp. II, 241.
Limitation.
60 Stat. 1041 .
42U.S.C. 1291.
60 Stat. 1047.
42U.S.C. §291i(e).
not to exceed (1) 331/3 per centum of the necessary cost to the appli-
cant of the construction completed prior to such approval, or (2) the
amount certified by the State agency as necessary to complete the
construction of the hospital, whichever is less, shall constitute a con-
tractual obligation of the Federal Government, and certifications for
payment under subsection (b) of this section shall be on the basis of
the Federal share plus such additional amount: Provided, That the
total amount certified for payment shall not exceed the cost of con-
struction of such project."
ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PLANS
SEC. 4 . Section 632 (a) of such Act is amended by inserting after
"under section 625," in clause (4) thereof the following: "or (5) that
adequate State funds are not being provided annually for the direct
administration of the State plan,".
STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS RELATING TO COORDINATED USE OF
HOSPITAL FACILITIES
SEC. 5 . Part D of title VI of such Act is amended by adding after
section 635 the following new section:
"STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS RELATING TO COORDINATED USE OF
HOSPITAL FACILITIES
"SEC. 636. In carrying out the purposes of section 301 with respect
to hospital facilities, the Surgeon General is authorized to conduct
research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to the effective
development and utilization of hospital services, facilities, and
resources, and, after consultation with the Federal Hospital Council,
to make grants-in-aid to States, political subdivisions, universities,
hospitals, and other public and private nonprofit institutions or organ-
izations for projects for the conduct of research, experiments, or
demonstrations relating to the development, utilization, and coordina-
tion of hospital services, facilities, and resources. Any award made
under this section for any such project in any fiscal year may include
amounts for not to exceed the four succeeding fiscal years, and such
amounts for such succeeding fiscal years shall constitute contractual
obligations of the Federal Government: Provided, That the total
expenditures for all such projects may not exceed $1,200,000 in any
fiscal year."
PURPOSE OF ACT
SEC. 6 . Section 601 of such Act is amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 601. The purpose of this title is-
"(a) to assist the several States to inventory their existing
hospitals (as defined in section 631 (e)), to survey the need for
construction of hospitals, and to develop programs for construc-
tion of such public and other nonprofit hospitals as will, in con-
junction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical
facilities for furnishing adequate hospital, clinic, and similar
services to all their people;
"(b) to assist in the construction of public and other nonprofit
hospitals in accordance with such programs; and
"(c) to authorize the Surgeon General to conduct, and make
grants for the conduct of, research, experiments, and demonstra-
tions relating to the effective development and utilization of
hospital services, facilities, and resources, and to promote the
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