Monday, December 27, 2010

The construction of the hospital

Study on the hospital and the law on construction, also known as the Hill-Burton Act is a piece of legislation in 1946 United States. The law has provided new funding for hospitals that had stalled during the great depression and war. Main purpose of the Act would provide funds for the construction of the hospital with the original amount $ 75 million per year for five years, with most the money is to go the poorest and the most rural areas.ConsiderationsTo win the support of Senators of the South of FunctionThe has the law a "separate but equal" policy effective federal hospitals separate included. This policy has invalid become by the cases of the Supreme Court, that Brown v. Board of education, August 1946 has entered into force have been in the Act of 1954.HistoryThe on 13. It was named after its authors, senators Jr. Burton and Lister Hill. The Act was amended on several occasions since its inception, including 1954 and 1975.

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