(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.
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