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                                    Listing of Major Tasks
                                mplementation of HRP Legislation

          A. Immediate:


             1. Area Designation Process, including the proposed orientation sessions to
                be held for State officials shortly following final enactment of HRP
                legislation;

             2. PY 75 and 76 Budgets, including related Forward Plan 'and 'other  materials;

             3. Meetings with CHP, Hill-Burton and RMP Representatives, which already
                have been scheduled for late September and early October;

             4. Organization and Staffing, of a proposed new Bureau, both   as it  relate
                to headquarters and regional offices;

             5. Legislative Monitoring and Follow-Up - I include  this even though it is
                obvious because a) it will continue to require a  good deal of your time
                and effort, and b) our input to Committee and  Conference  Reports  could
                prove crucial in a number of respects; and

             6. Planning Technology Development and Technical-Assistahce, for which
                $5 million in released RMP funds is now available.

          B. Other:

             7. Transitional or Residual Functions and Activities  of the CHP, Hill-Burton,
                and RMP programs that will need to be mntinue4 dur            witch-over  to
                HRP and a modified facilities construction program;
             8. Local Agency Designation and Selection, including  he development of
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                application material@and procedures;
             9. Specification of Data to be compiled@, collected, and/or utilized  by  HSAS,
                which@the pending legislation would mandate;

            10. Development of Model Health Plans and planning processes;
            11. Technical Materials and Standards for  use  in-health  planning.  Perhaps
                this and the above two tasks are or should be  specifically  subsumed  under
                Planning Technology (item 6);

            12. New Regulatory Requirements or Activities, including  revisions  in  the.
                section 1122 authority.
            13. Provision of Transitional Assistance to existing CHPS; Hill-Burton Agencies,
                and RMPs and the emergent HSA8.
            14. Development o  HSA Guidelines for their organization and operations, which
                the pending legislation would mandate;





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              15. State Agency Guidelines and/or Mutations;

              16. Development, Testing, and Calculation of Such Formulas for allocation
                  of  planning, resource development, and other grant funds as may be
                  specified  in the final legislation;
              17. Design of  An HRP Evaluation System per my recent memo to you;
              18. Design of  An MIS Mismanagement monitoring system;
              19. Establishment and support of a National Health Policy Council if this
                  provision is enacted and it is determined to be the responsibility of
                  the new Bureau;

              20. Health Planning Centers program development; and
              21. Planning for Area Resource Development Fund.



































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