Law
Hospital Survey and Construction Act
Authorized federal grants and loans for hospital construction and modernization through state plans, greatly expanding hospital infrastructure while permitting segregated implementation in many parts of the country.
Year
1946
Impact
Mixed
Status
Partially Active
Party
Democratic Party
Era
Civil Rights Era
Impact Context
Expanded healthcare capacity nationwide but often reinforced segregated care and unequal access for Black patients until later civil rights enforcement and litigation challenged discriminatory administration.
What This Policy Did
Expanded healthcare capacity nationwide but often reinforced segregated care and unequal access for Black patients until later civil rights enforcement and litigation challenged discriminatory administration.
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Sources
Health Resources and Services Administration • Government
Federal program overview describing the 1946 law, its obligations, and its later compliance regime.
Journal of the National Medical Association • Academic • Sep 1, 1962
Contemporary discussion of how Hill-Burton funding intersected with hospital discrimination.