39-1409. STATE PLAN. The agency shall prepare and submit to the surgeon general and/or secretary a state plan which shall include the health facilities construction program developed under this act and which shall provide for the establishment, administration, and operation of health facilities construction activities in accordance with the requirements of the federal act and regulations thereunder. The agency shall, prior to the submission of such plan to the surgeon general and/or secretary, give publicity to a general description of all the provisions proposed to be included therein and cause a public hearing to be held at which all persons or organizations with a legitimate interest in such plan may be given an opportunity to express their views. After approval of the plan by the surgeon general and/or secretary, the agency shall publish a general description of the provisions thereof in such newspapers as will give circulation in each county in the state and shall make the plan, or a copy thereof, available upon request to all interested persons or organizations. The agency as required shall review the health facilities construction program and submit to the surgeon general and/or secretary any modifications thereof which he [it] may find necessary and may submit to the surgeon general and/or secretary such modifications of the state plan, not inconsistent with the requirements of the federal act, as it may deem advisable.

History:

[39-1409, added 1947, ch. 220, sec. 9, p. 526; am. 1965, ch. 123, sec. 9, p. 240; am. 1972, ch. 327, sec. 8, p. 812.]