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42 USC 291f. Definitions*

42 USC 29Ij. Withholding of certification, etc. 42 USC 291b. Ante, p. 461.

42 USC 29 If. Ante, p, 461. 42 USC 29 le.

42 USC 291h. Ante, p. 463.

PUBLIC LAW 482-JULY 12, 1954

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"(2) In the case of projects eligible for approval under part G and approved after the effective date of that part, the Federal share shall be determined as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, or, if the State so elects, shall be 50 per centum of the cost of construction of the project: Provided, That prior to the approval of the first such project in the State during any fiscal year, the State agency shall give to the Surgeon General written notification of such election; and such election shall not be subject to change during such fiscal year after such approval." (f) Section 631 of the Public Health Service Act is further amended by the addition of the following subsections: "(1^ The term 'diagnostic or treatment center' means a facility for the diagnosis or diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients— "(1) which is operated in connection with a hospital, or "(2) in which patient care is under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State, or, in the case of dental diagnosis or treatment, under the professional supervision of persons licensed to practice dentistry in the State. " (m) The term 'hospital for the chronically ill and impaired' shall not include any hospital primarily for the care and treatment of mentally ill or tuberculous patients. " (n) The term 'rehabilitation facility' means a facility which is operated for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of disabled persons through an integrated program of medical, psychological, social, and vocational evaluation and services under competent professional supervision, and in the case of which— "(1) the major portion of such evaluation and services is furnished within the facility; and "(2) either (A) the facility is operated in connection with a hospital, or (B) all medical and related health services are prescribed by, or are under the general direction of, persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State, "(o) The term 'nursing home' means a facility for the accommodation of convalescents or other persons who are not acutely ill and not in need of hospital care, but who require skilled nursing care and related medical services— " (1) which is operated in connection with a hospital, or "(2) in which such nursing care and medical services are prescribed by, or are performed under the general direction of, persons licensed to practice medicine or surgery in the State." (g) Subsection (a) and subsection (b), paragraph (1), of section G32 are hereby amended to read: "SEC: 632. (a) Whenever the Surgeon General, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency designated in accordance with section 612(a)(1) or section 647(1) finds that the State agency is not complying substantially with the provisions re([uired by section 612(a) or section 647 to be contained in its application for funds under part B or part F, as the case may be, or after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency designated in accordance with section 623(a)(1) or section 647(1) finds (1) that the State agency is not complying substantially with the provisions required by section 623(a), or by regulations prescribed pursuant to section 622, or with the provisions required iDy section 647, or by regulations prescribed pursuant to section 653, to be contained in its plan submitted under section 623(a) or section 653, as the case may be, or (2) that any funds have been diverted from the purposes for which they have been allotted or paid, or (3) that any assurance given in an application filed under section 625 or section 654, as

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