6. Public hearings in the course of agency review, if requested by one or more persons directly affected by the review. For purposes of this paragraph, a "person directly affected by the review" is as defined in 42 CFR 122.306 (a) 7).

CRITERIA The specific criteria adopted and utilized by a health systems of this agency to conduct reviews of applications for grants under section 1625 of the Act shall include at least the following:

1. The relationship of the health services of the facility to the applicable health systems plan and annual implementation plan.

2. The relationship of the health services of the facility to the long-range development plan (if any) of the applicant.

3. The need that the population served or to be served by the facility has for the health services of such facility.

4. The availability of alternative, less costly, or more effective methods of providing the health services which the facility provides.

5. The relationship of the health services provided by the facility to the existing health care system of the area.

6. The availability of resources (including health manpower, management personnel, and funds for capital and operating needs) for the provision of services by the facility and the availability of alternative uses of such resources for the provision of other health services.

7. The special needs and circumstances of those entities which provide a substantial portion of their services or resources, or both, to individuals not residing in the health service area in which the entities are located or in adjacent health service areas. Such entities may include medical and other health professions schools, multidisciplinary clinics, and other speciality centers.

8. The special needs and circumstances of health maintenance organizations for which assistance may be provided under Title XIII.

9. The costs and methods of the proposed construction or modernization, including the costs and methods of energy provision.

10. The probable impact of the project reviewed on the applicant's costs of providing health services.

PART 300—(RESERVED

PART 301-DISBURSEMENT OF

PENSION MONEY

(b) For the benefit of relatives entitled under the law.

(c) To reimburse the Hospital for the pensioner's board and maintenance, where no other provision is made therefor.

8 301.4 Part of funds reserved for use of

pensioner. Irrespective of the amount received as pension and placed to the pensioner's account, at least one-sixth thereof shall be reserved for the use of the pensioner, before any provision is made for payments to relatives or for board.

Sec. 301.1 Deposit of money in Treasury. 301.2 Keeping accounts of money. 301.3 Purposes for which money shall be

disbursed. 301.4 Part of funds reserved for use of pen

sioner. 301.5 Payment of board to St. Elizabeths

Hospital. 301.6 Use of unobligated balance of funds. 301.7 Disposition of funds not exceeding

$15 per month. 301.8 Disposition of funds greater than

$15, and not exceeding $25, per month. 301.9 Disposition of funds in excess of $25

per month. 301.10 Amount available for disbursement

to a nondependent relative. 301.11 Use of fund where there are no rela

tives of certain classes. 301.12 Disposition of balance of fund in

case of discharge or death. 301.13 Question affecting the rights of

claimants for share of pension of in

mates. 301.14 Table of monthly division of rates

of pension made part of regulations. AUTHORITY: R.S. 4839, as amended; 24 U.S.C. 165.

SOURCE: 2 FR 1623, Aug. 3, 1937, unless otherwise noted.

8 301.5 Payment of board to St. Elizabeths

Hospital. Where no provision is otherwise made for the payment of the pensioner's board and maintenance in the Hospital from public or special funds under Federal control, the remainder, after setting aside the amounts for relatives specified in $$ 301.7-301.10, shall be used to pay for the pensioner's board and maintenance in the

spital up to an amount equal to the current monthly rate for board of patients.

8 301.1 Deposit of money in Treasury.

All moneys received by the Superintendent under the Acts of February 20, 1905 (33 Stat. 731; 24 U.S.C. 195, 165), and February 2, 1909 (35 Stat. 592; 24 U.S.C. 165), shall be scheduled to the Chief Disbursing Officer, Division of Disbursements, Treasury Department, for deposit in the United States Treasury. 8 301.2 Keeping accounts of money.

Separate accounts shall be kept by the Superintendent with each pensioner showing the amount of money received and expended, and the bal. ance on hand.

8 301.6 Use of unobligated balance of

funds. Any excess amounts not required for payments to relatives or for board shall be available for the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit.

8 301.7 Disposition of funds not exceeding

$15 per month. The basic rate of pension being $15 or less per month, one-sixth thereof shall be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit. The entire remainder will be paid, in the case of a male pensioner, to his dependent wife, minor children, or parents, in the order named; in the

8 301.3 Purposes for which money shall be

disbursed. The pension money shall be disbursed and used for three general purposes, in order as follows:

(a) For the benefit of the pensioner.

case of a female pensioner, to her dependent minor children.

8 301.8 Disposition of funds greater than

$15, and not exceeding $25, per month. The basic rate of pension being greater than $15 but not exceeding $25 per month, the dependent wife, minor children, or parents, in the order named in the case of a male pensioner, or the dependent minor children, in the case of a female pensioner, shall receive not less than $12.50 per month, the balance to be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

$ 301.11 Use of fund where there are no

relatives of certain classes. If there be no wife, minor children, or parents, in the case of a male pensioner, or minor children in the case of a female pensioner, the entire amount of the pension shall be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

8 301.9 Disposition of funds in excess of

$25 per month. The basic rate of pension being in excess of $25 per month, the dependent wife, minor children, or parents, in the order named in the case of a male pensioner, or the dependent minor children in the case a female pensioner, shall receive an amount equal to one-half of the entire pension, the balance to be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from the regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

8 301.12 Disposition of balance of fund in

case of discharge or death. Any unexpended balance of pension money reserved for the pensioner's benefit shall be paid, in the event of the pensioner's discharge from the Hospital, to the pensioner, or to his or her lawful guardian, or in the event that the pensioner is returned to a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (now a part of the Veterans Administration), to the treasurer or fiscal officer of such branch for such pensioner, or in the event of the pensioner's discharge from the Hospital and his immediate transfer to the United States Soldiers's Home, to the treasurer of said home. In the event of the pensioner's death while an inmate of the Hospital, the same shall be paid, in the case of a male pensioner, to his widow, or if there be no widow, to his minor chil. dren, and in the case of a female pensioner, to her minor children. If there be no widow or minor children entitled to payment of such balance of pension money, it shall be applied to the general uses of the Hospital.

8 301.10 Amount available for disburse

ment to a nondependent relative. If the wife, minor children, or parents of a male pensioner, or the minor children of a female pensioner, be not in fact dependent upon the pensioner in any degree for support, she or they shall receive no greater than one-half of the amount payable in case of her or their dependence, the balance to be reserved for the pensioner, to be expended in the purchase of such articles as may be required for the pensioner's welfare and which are not provided from regular Hospital funds, or otherwise for the pensioner's benefit, subject to provision for payment of board.

8 301.13 Questions affecting the rights of

claimants for share of pension of in

mates. All questions affecting the right of claimants for a share of the pension of inmates of the Hospital shall be determined upon evidence to be submitted to the United States Veterans Administration. The findings of the United States Veterans Administration upon such evidence shall be submitted for the approval of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and upon