State comprehensive health planning agency

A health planning agency assisted under section 314(a) of the FHS Act, added the Comprehensive Health Planning and Public Health Service Amendments of 1966. The agencies develop State comprehensive health planning programs, with the assistance of a health planning council broadly representative of public and private health organizations in the State with a majority of consumers among its members has been superseded, the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, which authorizes assistance for State health planning and development agencies to replace 314(a) agencies. These agencies will prepare an annual State health plan and a medical facilities plan (Hill-Burton). The State agency will also serve as the designated section 1122 review agency and administer a certificate-of-need program.


 


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