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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§291j–1 Loan Guarantees and Loans

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER IV — CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES › Part B — Loan Guarantees and Loans for Modernization and Construction of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities › § 291j–1

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to help pay for building or modernizing nonprofit private hospitals and long-term care, outpatient, and rehabilitation facilities by guaranteeing loans from nonfederal lenders from July 1, 1970, through June 30, 1974. The Secretary can also make loans to public agencies for public health centers and public hospitals and similar facilities in that same period; those loans must be sold and guaranteed under section 291j–7. No guarantee or loan under this part can cover more than 90% of a project's cost when added to any grant or loan under part A. The Secretary may get help from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to run the program if HUD agrees.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §291j–1

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(a)Authority of Secretary
(1)In order to assist nonprofit private agencies to carry out needed projects for the modernization or construction of nonprofit private hospitals, facilities for long-term care, outpatient facilities, and rehabilitation facilities, the Secretary, during the period July 1, 1970, through June 30, 1974, may, in accordance with the provisions of this part, guarantee to non-Federal lenders making loans to such agencies for such projects, payment of principal of and interest on loans, made by such lenders, which are approved under this part.
(2)In order to assist public agencies to carry out needed projects for the modernization or construction of public health centers, and public hospitals, facilities for long-term care, outpatient facilities, and rehabilitation facilities, the Secretary, during the period July 1, 1970, through June 30, 1974, may, in accordance with the provisions of this part, make loans to such agencies which shall be sold and guaranteed in accordance with section 291j–7 of this title.
(b)Cost limitations
(1)No loan guarantee under this part with respect to any modernization or construction project may apply to so much of the principal amount thereof as, when added to the amount of any grant or loan under part A with respect to such project, exceeds 90 per centum of the cost of such project.
(2)No loan to a public agency under this part shall be made in an amount which, when added to the amount of any grant or loan under part A with respect to such project, exceeds 90 per centum of the cost of such project.
(c)Administrative assistance
The Secretary, with the consent of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, shall obtain from the Department of Housing and Urban Development such assistance with respect to the administration of this part as will promote efficiency and economy thereof.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1973—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–45 extended termination date of guarantee and loan making period in pars. (1) and (2) from
June 30, 1973, to
June 30, 1974.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 291j–1

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110