The purpose of this subchapter is—
**(a)** to assist the several States in the carrying out of their programs for the construction and modernization of such public or other nonprofit community hospitals and other medical facilities as may be necessary, in conjunction with existing facilities, to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, or similar services to all their people;
**(b)** to stimulate the development of new or improved types of physical facilities for medical, diagnostic, preventive, treatment, or rehabilitative services; and
**(c)** to promote research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to the effective development and utilization of hospital, clinic, or similar services, facilities, and resources, and to promote the coordination of such research, experiments, and demonstrations and the useful application of their results.
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The purpose of this subchapter is—
**(a)** to assist the several States in the carrying out of their programs for the construction and modernization of such public or other nonprofit community hospitals and other medical facilities as may be necessary, in conjunction with existing facilities, to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, or similar services to all their people;
**(b)** to stimulate the development of new or improved types of physical facilities for medical, diagnostic, preventive, treatment, or rehabilitative services; and
**(c)** to promote research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to the effective development and utilization of hospital, clinic, or similar services, facilities, and resources, and to promote the coordination of such research, experiments, and demonstrations and the useful application of their results.
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§ 291a. Authorization of appropriations
In order to assist the States in carrying out
the purposes of section 291 of this title, there are
authorized to be appropriated—
(a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974—
(1) $20,800,000 for grants for the construc-
tion of public or other nonprofit facilities
for long-term care;
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§ 291b
(2) $70,000,000 for grants for the construc-
tion of public or other nonprofit outpatient
facilities;
(3) $15,000,000 for grants for the construc-
tion of public or other nonprofit rehabilita-
tion facilities;
(b) for grants for the construction of public
or other nonprofit hospitals and public health
centers, $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1965, $160,000,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1966, $170,000,000 for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1967, $180,000,000 each for
the next two fiscal years, $195,000,000 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, $147,500,000 for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $152,500,000
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972,
$157,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1973, and $41,400,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1974; and
(c) for grants for modernization of the facili-
ties referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b),
$65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1971, $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1972, $90,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1973, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1974.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VI, § 601, as added Pub.
L. 88–443, § 3(a), Aug. 18, 1964, 78 Stat. 448; amend-
ed Pub. L. 90–574, title IV, § 402(a), Oct. 15, 1968,
82 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 91–296, title I, §§ 101(a),
102(a), 116(a), June 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 337, 341; Pu