(a) The State Board of Health may make application to the United States Surgeon General for and receive federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities provided in § 20-9-206(a) and § 20-10-217(a).
(b) The funds shall be deposited with the Treasurer of State as a trust fund designated the “Hospital and Medical Facility Survey and Planning Fund”, which shall be kept separate and apart from all public funds of the state and shall be available to the Department of Health for expenditure in carrying out the survey and planning activities provided.
(c) Any funds received and not expended for such purposes shall be repaid to the United States Treasury.
(d) Warrants for all payments from the fund shall bear the signature of the Secretary of the Department of Health or his or her agent.