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essential at every level of government; that desirable administration requires strengthening the leadership and capacities of State health agencies; and that support of health services provided people in their communities should be broadened and made more flexible. GRANTS FOR C O M P R E H E N S IV E

HEALTH PLANNING SERVICES

AND PUBLIC

HEALTH

SEC. 3. Section 314 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 246) is amended to read as follows: " G R A N T S FOR C O M P R E H E N S IV E H E A L T H P L A N N I N G A N D P U B L I C SERVICES

HEALTH

"Grants to States for Comprehensive State Health Planning "SEC. 314. (a)(1) AUTHORIZATION.—In order to assist the States in comprehensive and continuing planning for their current and future health needs, the Surgeon General is authorized during the period beginning July 1, 1966, and ending June 30, 1968, to make grants to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Surgeon General, State plans for comprehensive State health planning. For the purposes of carrying out this subsection, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968. "(2)

STATE PLANS FOR COMPREHENSIVE STATE HEALTH PLANNING.—

I n order to be approved for purposes of this subsection, a State plan for comprehensive State health planning must— " (A) designate, or provide for the establishment of, a single State agency, which may be an interdepartmental agency, as the sole agency for administering or supervising the administration of the State's health planning functions under the plan; " (B) provide for the establishment of a State health planning council, which shall include representatives of State and local agencies and nongovernmental organizations and groups concerned with health, and of consumers of health services, to advise such State agency in carrying out its functions under the plan, and a majority of the membership of such council shall consist of representatives of consumers of health services; " (C) set forth policies and procedures for the expenditure of funds under the plan, which, in the judgment of the Surgeon General, are designed to provide for comprehensive State planning for health services (both public and private), including the facilities and persons required for the provision of such services, to meet the health needs of the people of the State; " (D) provide for encouraging cooperative efforts among governmental or nongovernmental agencies, organizations and groups concerned with health services, facilities, or manpower, and for cooperative efforts between such agencies, organizations, and

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