Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/1149

 PUBLIC LAW 94-188—DEC. 31, 1975

89 STAT. 1089

" H E A L T H AND NUTRITION DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

" SEC. 516. (a) I n order to demonstrate the value of adequate health facilities and services to the economic development of the region, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make g r a n t s for the planning, construction, equipment, and operation of multicounty demonstration health, and nutrition projects including hospitals, regional health diagnostic and treatment centers, and other facilities and services necessary for the purpose of this section. Grants for such construction (including the acquisition of privately owned facilities not operated for profit or previously operated for profit where the acquisition of such facilities is the most cost effective means for providing increased health services, and initial equipment) shall be made after applications and plans relating to the program or project have been determined by the responsible Federal official to be compatible with the provisions and objectives of Federal laws which he administers that are not inconsistent with this title, and the regional commission has approved such program or project and determined that it will contribute to the development of the region, and shall not be incompatible with the applicable provisions of title VI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 291-291o), the Mental Ketardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 (77 Stat. 282), and other laws authorizing g r a n t s for the construction of health-related facilities, without regard to any provisions therein relating to appropriation authorization ceilings or to allotments among the States. G r a n t s under this section shall be made solely out of funds specifically appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this title and shall not be taken into account in the computation of the allotments among the States made pursuant to any other provision of law. " (b) No g r a n t for the construction or equipment of any component of a demonstration health project shall exceed 80 per centum of such costs. The Federal contribution may be provided entirely from funds authorized under this title or in combination with funds provided under other Federal grant-in-aid programs for the construction or equipment of health-related facilities. Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share in such other programs, funds authorized under this title may be used to increase Federal g r a n t s for component facilities of a demonstration health project to a maximum of 80 per centum of the costs of such facilities. " (c) G r a n t s under this section for operation (including initial operating funds and operating deficits comprising among other items the cost of attracting, training, and retaining qualified personnel) of a demonstration health project, whether or not constructed with funds authorized by this title, may be made for u p to 100 per centum of the costs thereof for the two-year period beginning, for each component facility or service assisted under any such operating grant, on the first day that such facility or service is in operation as a part of the project. For the next three years of operation such grants shall not exceed 75 per centum of such costs. The Federal contributions may be provided entirely from funds appropriated to carry out this title or in combination with funds provided under other Federal grant-in-aid programs for the oj^eration of health related facilities and the provision of health services, including title IV, part s A and B, and title X X of the Social Security Act. Notwithstanding any provision of the Social Security

Grants. 42 USC 3195.

42 USC 2661 note.

Federal share.

42 USC 3161, 3171, 1397.

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