State Cost Control Plan for Hospitals Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] State Cost Control Plan for Hospitals Act - Title I: State Hospital Cost Control Plan - Declares that each State desiring to conduct a hospital cost containment plan shall submit such a plan to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for approval. Directs the Secretary to approve a State plan which meets criteria set forth in this Act including: (1) the establishment of a hospital review commission with the authority to supervise the administration of the plan; and (2) the establishment of an advisory council with the duty of reviewing and commenting on the operation of the hospital review commission and acting on appeals of commission decisions. Directs the Secretary to pay to any State which has a qualified hospital cost control plan which went into effect after July 1, 1977, an amount equal to 100 percent of the reasonable amounts expended by the State for the administration of the State's hospital review commission and its advisory council. Requires each State hospital review commission to file annually with the Secretary a report on the level of rates of institutional reimbursement approved under the State plan. Title II: Coordination with Health Planning and Peer Revi…