§300t–11 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

§300t–11 Grants and assistance for establishment of program

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - HEALTH RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Part Part E— - Program To Assist and Encourage Voluntary Discontinuance of Unneeded Hospital Services and Conversion of Unneeded Hospital Services to Other Health Services Needed by Community › § 300t–11

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

By April 1, 1980, the Secretary must set up a program that gives hospitals operating on October 4, 1979 grants and technical help to stop unneeded services or convert them into health services the community needs. The program must also give grants to State agencies designated by law to reduce excess hospital resources and facilities.

Title 42, §300t–11

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The Secretary shall, by April 1, 1980, establish a program under which—

(1)grants and technical assistance may be provided to hospitals in operation on October 4, 1979, (A) for the discontinuance of unneeded hospital services, and (B) for the conversion of unneeded hospital services to other health services needed by the community; and

(2)grants may be provided to State Agencies designated under section 300m(b)(3) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title for reducing excesses in resources and facilities of hospitals.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 300m of this title, referred to in par. (2), was in the original a reference to section 1521 of act

July 1, 1944, which was repealed effective Jan. 1, 1987, by Pub. L. 99–660, title VII, § 701(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3799. Pub. L. 101–354, § 2, Aug. 10, 1990, 104 Stat. 410, enacted section 1503 of act

July 1, 1944, which is classified to section 300m of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Unneeded Hospital Services; Study and Report of Effect of Elimination section 302 of Pub. L. 96–79, as amended by Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695, which provided that the Secretary of Health and Human Services conduct a study of the effect on the elimination of unneeded hospital services made during the two fiscal year period ending Sept. 30, 1981, by the program authorized by this part, and not later than Jan. 1, 1982, report the results of the study to Congress, was repealed by Pub. L. 97–414, § 9(h), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2064.