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For on~ typ~ of oroject, funds would be eiven to a group con- sisting 'of at least two-thirds of all local educational a~encies. wirnin an SMSA which a~ree to develop a joint plan to from one school [o another in the SMSA not later than July !, 1983. The percent of minority group children in ~ach school in the plan must equal at least half the total percent of minority group children enrolled In all scboo!s in the SMSA. The second type of metropolitan area project related to the SMSA provides for planning grants to pay for planning and constructing integrated "education parks." Such parks are defined as ~arks of a school or cluster of schools located within an S~!SA. Since ~unds have not been appropriated for Section 709 for the last five years, changes in SMSA boundaries will not affect grants given Health Care Financino Administration. Under the Health Care Plnanc~ng Adm~nisnratlon Medicare, as well as ~!edicaid programs in many Stares, reimburses hospitals for the costs of routine care on a per-diem basis. Limits on the amount of reimbursement fo~ routine costs are partially determined by whether a hospital is located in a county within an SMSA or in a nonmetropolitan area. Hospitals in SMSA's are grouped according to their number of beds and the per capita income (PCI) of the SMSA in which they are located, based on PCI estimates of the Bureau of kconomic Analysis.' A limit on routine per-diem costs is established for each income-bedsize Nonmetropolitan area hospitals are grouped adcording to the per capita income of the nonmetropo!itan portion of the S~=~ in which they are located, as .well as their number cf beds, and limits for these groups are established. Limits tend to be higher for hospitals in-SMSA's, reflecting the higher cost of routine care in metropolitan hospitals. Furthermore, limits for hospitals in SMSA's with high PCI tend to be higher than those in SMSA's with'low PCI. National Health Planning and Resources Development Act or i97D (~.L. ~3-6a. 1). Section 1311 o~ this Act establishes heai~h service areas to be covered by health systems a~encies. The health service areas are geographic regions throughout the United States which are appropriate