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PUBLIC LAW 93-641-JAN. 4, 1975

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"(6) set foith (in accordance with regulations promulgated under section 1602(a)) priorities for the provision of assistance under this title for projects in the program set forth pursuant to paragraph (4); "(7) provide minimum requirements (to be fixed in the discretion of the State Agency) for the maintenance and operation of facilities which receive assistance under this title, and provide for enforcement of such standards; "(8) provide for affording to every applicant for assistance for a medical facilities project under this title an opportunity for a hearing before the State Agency; and " (9) provide that the State Agency will from time to time, but not less often than annually, review the plan and submit to the Secretary any modifications thereof which it considers necessary. "(b) The Secretary shall approve any State medical facilities plan and any modification thereof which complies with the provisions of subsection (a) if the State Agency, as determined under the review made under section 1535(d), is organized and operated in the manner prescribed by section 1522 and is carrying out its functions under section 1523 in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. If any such plan or modification thereof shall have been disapproved by the Secretary for failure to comply with subsection (a), the Secretary shall, upon request of the State Agency, afford it an opportunity for hearing. "APPROVAL or PROJECTS

42 USC 300O-3.

"SEC. 1604. (a) For each project described in section 1601 and included within a State's State medical facilities plan approved under section 1603 there shall be submitted to the Secretary, through the State's State Agency, an application. An application for a grant under section 1625 shall be submitted directly to the Secretary. Except as provided in section 1625, the applicant under such an application may be a State, a political subdivision of a State or any other public entity, or a private nonprofit entity. If two or more entities join in a project, an application for such project may be filed by any of such entities or by all of them. xid^ementt°" ^^' " (b)(1) Exccpt as authoHzed under paragraph (2), an application for any project shall set forth— " (A) in the case of a modernization project for a medical facility for continuation of existing health services, a finding by the State Agency of a continued need for such services, and, in the case of any other project for a medical facility, a finding by the State Agency of the need for the new health services to be provided through the medical facility upon completion of the project; " (B) a description of the site of such project; " (C) plans and specifications therefor which meet the requirements of the regulations prescribed under section 1602(a); " (D) reasonable assurance that title to such site is or will be vested in one or more of the entities filing the application or in a public or other nonprofit entity which is to operate the facility on completion of the project; " (E) reasonable assurance that adequate financial support will be available for the completion of the project and for its maintenance and operation when completed, and, for the purpose of determining if the requirements of this subparagraph are met. Federal assistance provided directly to a medical facility which is located in an area determined by the Secretary to be an urban or rural poverty area or through benefits provided individuals served at such facility shall be considered as financial support;

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