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2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 216 - Health facilities and services
216.379 Authority to apply for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program -- Development of rural health plan.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 216.379 (2021)
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216.379 Authority to apply for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program -Development of rural health plan. (1) (2) (3) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall make application to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program in accordance with 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395i-4, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-33. The cabinet shall develop and submit as part of its application a rural health plan that: (a) Provides for the creation of one (1) or more rural health networks; (b) Promotes regionalization of rural health services in the state; (c) Improves access to hospital and other health services for rural residents of the state; and (d) Designates rural hospitals as critical access hospitals. The secretary shall designate as a critical access hospital any facility which complies with the provisions of KRS 216.380. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 481, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 559, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.
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