The department shall constitute the sole agency of the state for the purpose of (1) making an inventory of existing hospitals, surveying the need for construction of hospitals, and developing a program of hospital construction as provided in section 71-2007, and (2) developing and administering a state plan for the construction of public and other nonprofit hospitals as provided in the State Hospital Survey and Construction Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-2003