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The Hill-Burton Act provided federal grants to states for the construction of new community hospitals (nonfederal, short-stay hospitals) that would be operated on a nonprofit basis. This legislation required that each state develop and upgrade, annually, a plan for health facility construction based on bed-to-population ratios, which became the basis for the allocation of federal construction grants to the states. | The Hill-Burton Act provided federal grants to states for the construction of new community hospitals (nonfederal, short-stay hospitals) that would be operated on a nonprofit basis. This legislation required that each state develop and upgrade, annually, a plan for health facility construction based on bed-to-population ratios, which became the basis for the allocation of federal construction grants to the states. | ||
In 1954 the Hill-Burton Act was expanded to include nursing homes, treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, and chronic disease facilities. | |||
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* {{Fisher-1995}} | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Burton_Act Wikipedia] link | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Burton_Act Wikipedia] link | ||
Revision as of 20:01, 4 October 2022
The Hospital Survey and Construction Act, commonly known as the Hill–Burton Act, is a U.S. federal law passed in 1946 and enacted on July 13, 1946. It was sponsored by Senator Harold Burton of Ohio and Senator Lister Hill of Alabama.
The Hill-Burton Act provided federal grants to states for the construction of new community hospitals (nonfederal, short-stay hospitals) that would be operated on a nonprofit basis. This legislation required that each state develop and upgrade, annually, a plan for health facility construction based on bed-to-population ratios, which became the basis for the allocation of federal construction grants to the states.
In 1954 the Hill-Burton Act was expanded to include nursing homes, treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities, and chronic disease facilities.
References
- Fisher, Virginia E. (1995) Building on a Vision. Birmingham, Alabama: Crane Hill Publishers ISBN 1881548147
- Wikipedia link