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PUBLIC LAW 93-641-JAN. 4, 1975

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upon request of the Governor of the State which submitted such plan or application or another agency of such State, a review of the SHCC decision. If after such review the Secretary decides to make such funds available, the decision by the Secretary to make such funds available shall be submitted to the SPICC and shall contain a detailed statement of the reasons for the decision. ((GRANTS

FOR STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

"SEC. 1525. (a) The Secretary shall make grants to State health planning and development agencies designated under subsection (b)(2) or (b)(3) of section 1521 to assist them in meeting the costs of their operation. Any grant made under this subsection to a State Agency shall be available for obligation only for a period not to exceed the period for which its designation agreement is entered into or renewed. The amount of any grant made under this subsection shall be determined by the Secretary, except that no grant to a designated State Agency may exceed 75 per centum of its operation costs (as determined under regulations of the Secretary) during the period for which the grant is available for obligation. "(b) Grants under subsection (a) shall be made on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe; except that the Secretary may not make a grant to a State Agency unless he receives satisfactory assurances that the State Agency will expend in performing the functions prescribed by section 1523 during the fiscal year for which the grant is sought an amount of funds from non-Federal sources which is at least as great as the average amount of funds expended, in the three years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which such grant is sought, by the State, for which such State Agency has been designated, for the purposes for which funds under such grant may be used (excluding expenditures of a nonrecurring nature). "(c) For the purpose of making payments under grants under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977.

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Limitation.

Appropriations.

" G R A N T S FOR R A T E REGULATION

"SEC. 1526. (a) For the purpose of demonstrating the effectiveness '•^ use aoom-s. of State Agencies regulating rates for the provision of health care, the Secretary may make to a State Agency designated, under an agreement entered into under section 1521(b)(3), for a State which (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary) has indicated an intent to regulate (not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this title) rates for the provision of health care within the State. Not more than six State Agencies may receive grants under Limitation. this subsection. " (b)(1) A State Agency which receives a grant under subsection Requirements. (a) shall— " (A) provide the Secretary satisfactory evidence that the State Agency has under State law the authority to carry out rate regulation functions in accordance with this section and provide the Secretary a current budget for the performance of such functions by i t; " (B) set forth in such detail as the Secretary may prescribe the qualifications for personnel having responsibility in the performance of such functions, and shall have a professional staff for rate regulation, which staff shall be headed by a Director;

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