{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-216.379","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 216.379","heading":"Authority to apply for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program --","body":"Development of rural health plan.\n(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall make application to the Secretary\nof the United States Department of Health and Human Services  to establish a\nMedicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program in accordance with 42 U.S.C. sec.\n1395i-4, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-33.\n(2) The cabinet shall develop and submit as part of its application a rural health plan\nthat:\n(a) Provides for the creation of one (1) or more rural health networks;\n(b) Promotes regionalization of rural health services in the state;\n(c) Improves access to hospital and other health services for rural residents of the\nstate; and\n(d) Designates rural hospitals as critical access hospitals.\n(3) The secretary shall designate as a critical access hospital any facility which\ncomplies with the provisions of KRS 216.380.","path":["KRS Chapter 216"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=9036","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:21Z","sha256":"42876bcc60e37300ad2b02f9ec70f70aec2d854bf518408d363c5e252ef40816","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-216.378","next":"us-ky/krs-216.380"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}