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PUBLIC LAW 93-641-JAN. 4, 1975
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dations to the appropriate State health planning and development agency respecting the need for new institutional health services proposed to be offered or developed in the health service area of such health systems agency. " (g)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each health systems agency shall review on a periodic basis (but at least every five years) all institutional health services offered in the health service area of the agency and shall make recommendations to the State health planning and development agency designated under section 1521 for eacn State in which the health systems agency's health service area is located respecting the appropriateness in the area of such services. "(2) A health systems agency shall complete its initial review of existing institutional health services within three years after the date of the agency's designation under section 1515(c). " (h) Each health systems agency shall annually recommend to the State health planning and development agency designated for each State in which the health systems agency's health service area is located (1) projects for the modernization, construction, and conversion of medical facilities in the agency's health service area which projects will achieve the H S P and A I P of the health systems agency, and (2) priorities among such projects. "ASSISTANCE
TO E N T I T I E S DESIRING TO BE DESIGNATED AS SYSTEMS AGENCIES
HEALTH
"SEC. 1514. The Secretary may provide all necessary technical and other nonfinancial assistance (including the preparation of prototype plans of organization and operation) to nonprofit private entities (including entities presently receiving financial assistance under section 314(b) or title IX or as experimental health service delivery systems under section 304) which— "(1) express a desire to be designated as health systems agencies, and "(2) the Secretary determines have a potential to meet the requirements of a health systems agency specified in sections 1512 and 1513, to assist such entities in developing applications to be submitted to the Secretary under section 1515 and otherwise in preparing to meet the requirements of this part for designation as a health systems agency. "DESIGNATION
OF H E A L T H
Institutional health services, review.
42 USC 300Z-3.
42 USC 246, 299, 242b.
S Y S T E M S AGENCIES
"SEC. 1515. (a) At the earliest practicable date after the establishment under section 1511 of health service areas (but not later than eighteen months after the date of enactment of this title) the Secretary shall enter into agreements in accordance with this section for the designation of health systems agencies for such areas. " (b)(1) The Secretary may enter into agreements with entities under which the entities would be designated as the health systems agencies for health service areas on a conditional basis with a view to determining their ability to meet the requirements of section 1512 (b), and their capacity to perform the functions prescribed by section 1513. "(2) During any period of conditional designation (which may not exceed 24 months), the Secretary may require that the entity conditionally designated meet only such of the requirements of section 1512(b) and perform only such of the functions prescribed by section 1513 as he determines such entity to be capable of meeting and performing. The number and type of such requirements and functions
Agreements. 42 USC 300i-4.
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