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 93 STAT. 608 42 USC 300m-2.

PUBLIC LAW 96-79—OCT. 4, 1979

(B) Section 1523(a)(2) is amended (i) by striking out "statewide health needs" and inserting in lieu thereof "statewide health needs determined under paragraph (1)(B)", and (ii) by inserting after the first sentence the following: "In carrying out its functions under this paragraph, the State Agency shall refer the HSP's to the State health authority, the State mental health authority, and other agencies of the State government (designated by the Governor to make the review prescribed by this sentence) to review the goals and related resource requirements of the HSP's and to make written recommendations to the State Agency respecting such goals and requirements.". (C) Subsection (a) of section 1523 is amended by adding after and below the last paragraph the following: "If in determining the statewide health needs under paragraph (1)(B) or in preparing or revising a preliminary State health plan under paragraph (2) the State Agency does not take an action proposed in a recommendation submitted under the applicable paragraph, the State Agency shall when publishing such needs or health plan make available to the public a written statement of its reasons for not taking such action.". 42 USC 300m-3. (D) Section 1524(c)(2) is amended (i) by inserting "as determined by the State Agency of the State" after "statewide health needs" each place it occurs, and (ii) by inserting at the end of subparagraph (B) the following: "If in preparing or revising the State health plan the SHCC does not take an action proposed in a recommendation submitted 42 USC 300m-2. under section 1523(a)(1)(B), the SHCC shall when publishing such plan make available to the public a written statement of its reasons for not taking such action.". 42 USC 300/-2. (2) Section 1513(b)(2) is amended (A) by striking out "and" after "resources of the area;", (B) by striking out "resources" and inserting in lieu thereof "resources (including entities described in section 42 USC 300n-i. 1532(c)(7))", and (C) by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence a semicolon and the following: "(D) which are responsive to statewide health needs as determined by the State health planning and development agency". (d)(1) The first sentence of section 1513(b)(2) (as amended by subsection (c)(2)) is further amended by inserting before the period at the end a semicolon and the following: "(E) which describe the 42 USC 300n. institutional health services (as defined in section 1531(5)) needed to provide for the well-being of persons receiving care within the health service area, including, at a minimum, acute inpatient (including psychiatric inpatient, obstetrical inpatient, and neonatal inpatient), rehabilitation, and long-term care services; and (F) which describe other health services needed to provide for the well-being of persons receiving care within the health service area, including, at a minimum, preventive, ambulatory, and home health services and treatment for alcohol and drug abuse". (2) Section 1513(b)(2) is amended by adding after the sentence added by subsection (b)(2) the following: "The HSP shall describe the number and type of resources, including facilities, personnel, major medical equipment, and other resources required to meet the goals of the HSP and shall state the extent to which existing health care facilities are in need of modernization, conversion to other uses, or closure and the extent to which new health care facilities need to be constructed or acquired.". 42 USC 300m-3. (3) Section 1524(c)(2)(A) is amended by adding after the second sentence the following new sentences: "The plan shall also describe the institutional health services (as defined in section 1531(5)) needed to provide for the well-being of persons receiving care within the State, including, at a minimum, acute inpatient (including psychiat-

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