§300r Grants for Construction or Modernization Proj­ects

Summary

The Secretary may give grants to build or update medical facilities to fix or prevent serious safety problems under fire, building, or life-safety rules, or to keep a facility meeting State or voluntary licensing or accreditation rules. Grants can go to a State or local government (like a city, county, hospital district, or public corporation) for facilities they run. Nonprofit private hospitals can get grants too if the Secretary finds they serve the community at a similar level, have a similar share of patients who can’t pay, and would stop serving low-income people without the grant. Normally a grant can pay up to 75% of the project cost, but it can pay up to 100% if the project is in an area the Secretary calls an urban or rural poverty area. Congress authorized $40,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1980, $50,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1981, and $50,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1982. Funds available for the year ending September 30, 1979 stay available the next year. The Secretary may also give grants to public or nonprofit groups to build or update outpatient clinics that are separate from hospitals, or to convert buildings into outpatient or long-term care sites that serve medically underserved populations. Those grants can cover up to 80% of costs, or up to 100% in an urban or rural poverty area. Congress authorized $15,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1981 and $15,000,000 for the year ending September 30, 1982.