184.290. County memorial hospitals--state aid, how authorized. - Missouri Statutes

County memorial hospitals--state aid, how authorized.

184.290. Any county in this state shall be eligible to receive statefinancial aid to be paid from moneys appropriated therefor upon certificationto the governor by the county commission that such county has available anadequate sum of money to be used for the purchase or erection and theoperation of a county memorial hospital, or a memorial addition to an existingcounty hospital, commemorating the services of our armed forces during WorldWar II and upon certification to the governor by the director of thedepartment of health and senior services that the purchase or erection andoperation of the proposed county memorial hospital, or a memorial addition toan existing county hospital, is, in his judgment, in the interest of publichealth and welfare and that sufficient funds are available to finance not onlythe purchase or erection of the memorial hospital, or a memorial addition toan existing county hospital, but also the operation of such hospital. Statefinancial aid allocated to a county eligible for aid under the provisions ofthis section shall be equivalent to the amount of money actually expended bythe county in the purchase or erection of a memorial hospital, or a memorialaddition to an existing county hospital, but in no case shall such statefinancial aid to any county exceed ten thousand dollars.

(L. 1947 V. II p. 333 § 1, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163)