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[CITE: 42USC300t-13]

 
                 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-13. Grants to States for reduction of excess hospital 
        capacity
        

(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) \1\ of 
this title to assist such Agencies in--
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        (1) identifying (by geographic region or by health service) 
    excess hospital capacity,
        (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) of this section shall be made on such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, Sec. 1643, as added Pub. L. 96-79, 
title III, Sec. 301(a), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 639.)

                       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repealed effective Jan. 1, 1987, by Pub.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, 
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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 300t-14 of this title.
