(1) The Department of Human Services 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 for in § 20-10-217.
(2) The funds shall be deposited with the Treasurer of State as a trust fund designated “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 for expenditure in carrying out the survey and planning activities provided.
(3) Any funds received and not expended for such purposes shall be repaid to the United States Treasury.
(4) Warrants for all payments from the fund shall bear the signature of the Director of the Department of Human Services or his or her agent.