Section 216.379 - Authority to apply for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program - Development of rural health plan(1) 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.(2) 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.(3) The secretary shall designate as a critical access hospital any facility which complies with the provisions of KRS 216.380.Effective:6/20/2005
Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 481, effective6/20/2005. -- Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 559, sec. 2, effective 7/15/1998.