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[CITE: 42USC300t-11]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    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
 
Sec. 300t-11. Grants and assistance for establishment of program

    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) \1\ of this title for reducing excesses in 
    resources and facilities of hospitals.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, Sec. 1641, as added Pub. L. 96-79, 
title III, Sec. 301(a), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 636.)

                       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repealed effective Jan. 1, 1987, by Pub.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, 
Sec. 701(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3799. Pub. L. 101-354, Sec. 2, 
Aug. 10, 1990, 104 Stat. 410, enacted section 1503 of act July 1, 1944, 
which is classified to section 300m of this title.


  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, 
Sec. 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to Congress, was repealed by Pub.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, Sec. 9(h), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 
Stat. 2064.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 300t-12 of this title.
