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 89 STAT. 344

Application.

42 USC 1396.

PUBLIC LAW 94-63—JULY 29, 1975 "(2) The costs for which a grant may be made under jjaragraph (1) may include the costs of acquiring and modernizing existing buildings (including the costs of amortizing the principal of, and paying interest on, loans) and the costs of providing training related to the provision of primary health services, supplemental health services and environmental health services, and to the management of community health center programs, "(3) Not more than two grants may be made under paragraph (1)(B) for the same entity. "(4) The amount of any grant made under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary. "(e)(1) No grant may be made under subsection (e) or (d) unless an application therefor is submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner and shall contain such information as the Secretary shall prescribe. An application for a grant which will cover the costs of modernizing a building shall include, in addition to other information required by the Secretary— "^A) a description of the site of the building, "(B) plans and specifications for its modernization, and "(C) reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of work on the modernization of the building will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 2r6a—276a-5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act). The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to the labor standards referred to in subparagraph (C) the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176, 5 U.S.C. Appendix) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C.276C). "(2) Except as provided in subsection (d)(1)(B), the Secretary may not approve an application for a grant under subsection (d) unless the Secretary determines that the entity for which the application is submitted is a community health center (within the meaning of subsection (a)) and that— "(A) the primary health services of the center will be available and accessible in the center's catchment area promptly, as appropriate, and in a manner which assures continuity; "(B) the center will have organizational arrangements, established in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, or (i) an ongoing quality assurance program (including utilization and peer review systems) respecting the center'services, and (ii) maintaining the confidentiality of patient records; "(C) the center will demonstrate its financial responsibility by the use of such accounting procedures and other requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary; "(D) the center (i) has or will have a contractual or other arrangement with the agency of the State, in which it provides services, which administers or supervises the administration of a State plan approved under title X IX of the Social Security Act for the payment of all or a part of the center's costs in providing health services to persons who are eligible for medical assistance under such a State plan, or (ii) has made or will make every reasonable effort to enter into such an arrangement;

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