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42 U.S. Code § 300r. Grants for construction or modernization projects
(a) Authority; objectives; eligible grantees; maximum amounts; authorization of appropriations; availability of unobligated funds
(1)
(A) The Secretary may make grants for construction or modernization projects designed to—
(i)
eliminate or prevent in medical facilities imminent safety hazards as defined by Federal, State, or local fire, building, or life safety codes or regulations, or
(ii)
avoid noncompliance by medical facilities with State or voluntary licensure or accreditation standards.
(B) A grant under subparagraph (A) may only be made to—
(i)
a State or political subdivision of a State, including any city, town, county, borough, hospital district authority, or public or quasi-public corporation, for any medical facility owned or operated by the State or political subdivision; and
(ii) a nonprofit private entity for any medical facility owned or operated by the entity but only if the Secretary determines—
(I)
the level of community service provided by the facility and the proportion of its patients who are unable to pay for services rendered in the facility is similar to such level and proportion in a medical facility of a State or political subdivision, and
(II)
that without a grant under subparagraph (A) there would be a disruption of the provision of health care to low-income individuals.