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§ 300t. Development grants for health systems agencies
(a) Eligible recipients; purpose of grants
The Secretary shall make in each fiscal year a grant to each health system agency—
(1) with which there is in effect a designation agreement under section 300l–4(c) 1
1 See References in Text note below.
of this title,
(2) which has in effect an HSP and AIP reviewed by the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, and
(3) which, as determined under the review made under section 300n–4(c) 1 of this title, is organized and operated in the manner prescribed by section 300l–1(b) 1 of this title and is performing its functions under section 300l–2 1 of this title in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary,
to enable the agency to establish and maintain an Area Health Service Development Fund from which it may make grants and enter into contracts in accordance with section 300l–2(c)(3) 1 of this title.
(b) Determination of amounts; maximum amounts
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount of any grant under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary after taking into consideration the population of the health service area for which the health systems agency is designated, the average family income of the area, and the supply of health services in the area.
(2) The amount of any grant under subsection (a) to a health systems agency for any fiscal year may not exceed the product of $1 and the population of the health service area for which such agency is designated.
(c) Applications; submission and approval as prerequisite; form and contents
(d) Authorization of appropriations
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1640, as added Pub. L. 93–641, § 4, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2273; amended Pub. L. 95–83, title I, § 103(c), Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 383; Pub. L. 96–79, title I, § 127(e), Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 629.)