1 These allotments are tentative and will be adjusted to conform with regulations as 2 Modernization funds distributed as follows: 1⁄2 of funds distributed on basis of need Under S. 2531, funds appropriated are allotted among the States on the basis of popula tion and allotment percentage squared, i.e., the existing Hill-Burton formula. The States are then authorized to set aside no more than 1% of the total allotment for grants for modernization of hospitals and other health facilities. Tentative total, State allotments for construction and modernization of hospitals and related health facilities under current legislative proposals; fiscal year 1969, with actual allocations to States for fiscal year 1964 1 1 These allotments are tentative and will be adjusted to conform with regulations as 2 Modernization funds distributed as follows: 1⁄2 of funds distributed on basis of need 288, 415 3 Under S. 2531, funds appropriated are alloted among the States, on the basis of population and allotment percentage squared, i.e., the existing Hill-Burton formula. The States are then authorized to set aside no more than 1% of the total allotment for grants for modernization of hospitals and other health facilities. Tentative allocations for construction of long-term care facilities, diagnostic or treatment centers, and rehabilitation facilities under the administration proposal, H.R. 10041 (Harris bill), and S. 2531 (Hill bill) (a) Total population, as estimated by the Bureau of the Census: (1) Provisional estimates of the United States and Puerto Rico, July 1, 1963 (series P-25, No. 273, Oct. 4, 1963); (2) American Samoa, Guam, and Virgin Islands estimated population as of July 1, 1962 (series P-25, No. 272, Sept. 20, 1963). (b) Allocation percentage rfiscal years 1964 and 1965, as promulgated in the Federal Register, Sept. 13, 1962. MODERNIZATION At the present time there is a reported backlog of at least $3.6 billion in needed health facility modernization work. For general hospitals alone, a modernization need totaling $2.8 billion is reported. Funds provided by each of the three legislative proposals would reduce the backlog over the 5-year period 1965–69 as follows: 1 Assuming that Federal share on a national basis will approximate of total cost as is the case in the HillBurton program. 2 This assumes that each State uses of its total allotment for modernization work as authorized under the Hill bill. NEW CONSTRUCTION OF GENERAL HOSPITAL BEDS AND FACILITIES The HEW proposal and the Harris and Hill bills would authorize grant appropriations for new hospital and health center construction as follows: 1 Under the Hill bill, States are authorized to use an amount not to exceed 14 of their total allotments for modernization work. These estimates assume that States would use 3% of their allotments for new construc tion. NEED State Hill-Burton agencies estimate that we need an additional 135,000 general hospital beds. Over the next 5-year period, a total of some 65,000 additional general beds will be needed to meet the requirements for increases in the population. The amounts of grant appropriations authorized by the HEW proposal and the Harris and Hill bills which are used for general hospital bed construction for the period 1965-69, would provide general beds, as follows: Estimated number of general hospital beds to be constructed, 1965–69 |