J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1173

Any changes in the rates for services rendered by such public or
non-profit nursing home must be approved by the Board of Health
before such rate changes shall become effective; provided that, such
changes shall be approved by the Board if they reasonably carry
out the intent of the Act. All such financial information shall be
filed by such public or non-profit nursing home with the Board of
Health prior to the issuance of any license to operate a nursing home
for the next ensuing year. All such information, except individual
patient records, shall be public information and available for inspec-
tion during regular business hours at the offices of the Board of
Health.

(b)    Any use of State funds shall be only for the construction
and equipping of public and other non-profit nursing homes and for
the purpose of reports, plans, and specifications in connection there-
with, and for the purpose of site improvements, surveys and pro-
grams in connection therewith, under said Subchapter IV, as amended
from time to time. In the event of default of the terms of these
grants, by the sponsor, State grants shall be recovered proportion-
ately and in the same manner that Federal Funds are recovered
under the provisions of said Subchapter IV as amended from time
to time.

(c)    Any public or other non-profit group sponsoring or operating
a nursing home in this State which is eligible for a Federal grant
under said Subchapter IV, as amended from time to time, may peti-
tion the State Department of Health for a grant toward the cost
of the same project. Grants shall be subject to the following
limitations:

(1)    All Federal grants available for this purpose shall be ap-
plied first to the cost of construction and equipment of each nursing
home. State grants shall be used to supplement Federal grants
cumulatively for the period of this Act in such a manner that grants
from these combined State and Federal sources provide not more
than 66-2/3% of the total construction and equipment costs of any
nursing home. When Federal grants are not available, State grants
shall be applied at a rate not to exceed 66-2/3% of the total construc-
tion and equipment costs of any nursing home until such time as
total State grants equal total Federal grants.

(2)    Any State grants made in excess of limitation (1) shall not
exceed 50% of the total construction and equipment costs of any
nursing home.

The petition in the first instance shall be directed to the State
Board of Health, and upon the approval of the plans by the State
Board of Health, the said Board of Health shall promptly report
the petition to the Board of Public Works together with its report
that the project has been approved both by the Surgeon General
of the United States or other lawful Federal authority under the
provisions of said Subchapter IV, as amended from time to time,
and also by the State Department of Health, and that the Board
of Public Works should make available the necessary matching funds
as provided hereunder. For projects in which only State funds are
to be used, the said Board of Health shall promptly report the peti-