42 U.S.C. § 300t–13: Grants to States for…

§300t–13 Grants to States for Reduction of Excess Hospital Capacity

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XIV — HEALTH RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › 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–13

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may give grants to State Agencies named under section 300m(b)(3) to try out ways to reduce extra hospital resources and facilities. "Excess hospital capacity" means extra hospital resources or facilities beyond what is needed. Grants can pay for activities like finding where the excess is, telling the public about the costs, creating programs to cut capacity in ways that save the most money, removing barriers to reduction, planning and running programs to remove official approval from facilities that provide inappropriate services, and other related work. The Secretary decides the terms and conditions for the grants.

Title 42, §300t–13

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)“Excess hospital capacity” defined; particular activities

For the purpose of demonstrating the effectiveness of various means for reducing excesses in resources and facilities of hospitals (referred to in this section as “excess hospital capacity”), the Secretary may make grants to State Agencies designated under section 300m(b)(3) of this title to assist such Agencies in— (1)

(2)developing programs to inform the public of the costs associated with excess hospital capacity,

(3)developing programs to reduce excess hospital capacity in a manner which will produce the greatest savings in the cost of health care delivery,

(4)developing means to overcome barriers to the reduction of excess hospital capacity,

(5)in planning, evaluating, and carrying out programs to decertify health care facilities providing health services that are not appropriate, and

(6)any other activity related to the reduction of excess hospital capacity.

(b)Terms and conditions

Grants under subsection (a) shall be made on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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References in Text

section 300m of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), 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July 1, 1944, which was repealed effective Jan. 1, 1987, by Pub.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.