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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 1621', '§ 202', '§ 5', '§ 4']

42 U.S. Code § 300s–1 - Medical facility project applications | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 6A › Subchapter XIV › Part C › § 300s–1 42 U.S. Code § 300s–1 - Medical facility project applications
Submissions No loan, loan guarantee, or grant may be made under part A or B for a medical facilities project unless an application for such project has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. 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.
Form; required provisions; waiver; projects subject to requirements (1)
An application for a medical facilities project shall be submitted in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe and shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), set forth—
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;
in the case of an application for a grant, assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that (i)
the applicant making the application would not be able to complete the project for which the application is submitted without the grant applied for, and (ii)
in the case of a project to construct a new medical facility, it would be inappropriate to convert an existing medical facility to provide the services to be provided through the new medical facility;
in the case of a project for the discontinuance of a service or facility or the conversion of a service or a facility, an evaluation of the impact of such discontinuance or conversion on the provision of health care in the health service area in which such service was provided or facility located;
a description of the site of such project;
plans and specifications therefor which meet the requirements of the regulations prescribed under section 300s
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;
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;
the type of assistance being sought under part A or B for the project;
in the case of a project for the construction or modernization of an outpatient facility, reasonable assurance that the services of a general hospital will be available to patients at such facility who are in need of hospital care; and
reasonable assurance that at all times after such application is approved (i)
the facility or portion thereof to be constructed, modernized, or converted will be made available to all persons residing or employed in the area served by the facility, and (ii)
there will be made available in the facility or portion thereof to be constructed, modernized, or converted a reasonable volume of services to persons unable to pay therefor and the Secretary, in determining the reasonableness of the volume of services provided, shall take into consideration the extent to which compliance is feasible from a financial viewpoint.
The Secretary may waive—
the requirements of subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) for compliance with modernization and equipment standards prescribed pursuant to section 300s
the requirement of subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) respecting title to a project site,
in the case of an application for a project described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
A project referred to in subparagraph (A) is a project—
for the modernization of an outpatient medical facility which will provide general purpose health services, which is not part of a hospital, and which will serve a medically underserved population as defined in section 300s–3 of this title or as designated by a health systems agency, and
for which the applicant seeks a loan under part A the principal amount of which does not exceed $20,000.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1621, as added Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 202(b),Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 633.)
In subsec. (b)(1)(I), “sections 3141–3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40” substituted for “the Act of March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a—276a–5, known as the Davis-Bacon Act)” and “section 3145 of title 40” substituted for “section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 276c)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c),Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
A prior section 300s–1 was redesignated 300s–1a and amended as part of the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–79.
A prior section 1621 of act July 1, 1944, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93–641, § 4, 88 Stat. 2265, which related to the allocation among States of the total amount of principal of loans and loan guarantees, was classified to section 300q–1 of this title, prior to repeal as part of the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–79.