§ 2952. Rural health network development grant program. To the extent\nof funds available therefor, the sum of seven million dollars shall\nannually be available for periods prior to January first, two thousand\nthree, and up to six million five hundred thirty thousand dollars\nannually for the period January first, two thousand three through\nDecember thirty-first, two thousand four, up to seven million sixty-two\nthousand dollars for the period January first, two thousand five through\nDecember thirty-first, two thousand six annually, up to seven million\nsixty-two thousand dollars annually for the period January first, two\nthousand seven through December thirty-first, two thousand ten, up to\none million seven hundred sixty-six thousand dollars for the period\nJanuary first, two thousand eleven through March thirty-first, two\nthousand eleven, and within amounts appropriated for each state fiscal\nyear on and after April first, two thousand eleven, shall be available\nto the commissioner from funds made available pursuant to section\ntwenty-eight hundred seven-l of this chapter for grants pursuant to this\nsection. 1. The commissioner shall establish a rural health network\ndevelopment grant program for the purpose of assisting community based\nhealth care providers, consumers and organizations in rural areas to\npromote more effective health care delivery through the coordination,\ndevelopment, planning, implementation and operation of rural health\nnetworks pursuant to this title. Such grants shall support activities\nand organizational costs including, but not limited to, the recruitment\nof qualified health care professionals, the performance of feasibility\nstudies, the development of affiliation agreements among rural health\nproviders, the development of managed care capacities, the expansion and\nintegration of public and preventive health services into community\nbased primary care systems, the integration and expansion of prehospital\nemergency medical services and related consulting and legal fees.\n 2. To be eligible to receive grant funding pursuant to this section,\nthe applicant shall submit a network plan to the commissioner for\napproval; the network plan shall identify network participants and\nindicate how the members or participants of the rural health network\nintend to respond to the health care needs of the rural area, improve\naccess to and the quality of care for residents of the community,\npromote the coordination of resources among providers and reduce\nduplication of services while achieving cost and other operational\nefficiencies.\n 3. a. The commissioner shall make grants to rural health networks, or\nrural health care providers planning to develop a rural health network.\nThe network plan submitted by a rural health network or rural health\ncare providers planning to form a network for grant funds pursuant to\nthis section shall be consistent with guidelines issued by the\ncommissioner, in consultation with the New York state rural health\ncouncil and the legislative commission on the development of rural\nresources. Such guidelines shall include, but need not be limited to,\nthe duration of rural health network grants, appropriate funding levels\nand criteria for providing an appropriate geographic distribution of\ngrantees; provided, however, that the amount of any such grant shall be\nbased on the scope and nature of the proposed activities described in\nsuch plan and that the quality of any such plan complies with the\nconditions for approval pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of\nthis section.\n b. The commissioner may require revisions or amendments to the initial\nnetwork plan prior to approval for funding, or periodic updates from an\napplicant to reflect the current status of a network's development or\noperation and to assure that the plan is implemented in accordance with\nits approved terms. In approving grants the commissioner shall consider\nthe following:\n (i)
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