federal share

federal share Sec. 113. Effective with respect to projects approved under title VI of the Public Health Service Act after June 30, 1970, the section of such Act herein redesignated as section 645(b) (42 U.S.C. 291o) is amended to read as follows: “(b) (1) The term ‘Federal share’ with respect to any project means the proportion of the cost of such project to be paid by the Federal Government under this title. “(2) With respect to any project in any State for which a grant is made from an allotment from an appropriation under section 601, 84 Stat. 341the Federal share shall be the amount determined by the State agency designated in accordance with section 604, but not more than 66⅔ Per centum or the State’s allotment percentage, whichever is the lower, except that, if the State’s allotment percentage is lower than 50 per centum, such allotment percentage shall be deemed to be 50 per centum for purposes of this paragraph. “(3) Prior to the approval of the first project in a State during any fiscal year the State agency designated in accordance with section 604 shall give the Secretary written notification of the maximum Federal share established pursuant to paragraph (2) for projects in such State to be approved by the Secretary during such fiscal year and the method for determining the actual Federal share to be paid with respect to such projects; and such maximum Federal share and such method of determination for projects in such State approved during such fiscal year shall not be changed after such approval. “(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the Federal share shall, at the option of the State agency, be equal to the per centum provided under such paragraphs plus an incentive per centum (which when combined with the per centum provided under such paragraphs shall not exceed 90 per centum) specified by the State agency in the case of (A) projects that will provide services primarily for persons in an area determined by the Secretary to be a rural or urban poverty area, and (B) projects that offer potential for reducing health care costs through shared services among health care facilities, through interfacility cooperation, or through the construction or modernization of free-standing outpatient facilities.”