; (2) by striking rural hospital and inserting an eligible health care facility ; (3) by striking a community and inserting an area ; (4) by striking hospital, and inserting eligible health care facility, ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (2) Requirements To promote the long-term sustainability and financial viability of an eligible health care facility, the Secretary shall— (A) provide assistance to an eligible health care facility for the purpose of— (i) ensuring the facility has necessary resources to maintain public health, safety, or order; (ii) addressing financial hardships of the facility, its patients, and the area it serves; and (iii) identifying the financial stability of the facility, including— (I) operational practices; (II) revenue enhancements; (III) policy revisions; (IV) partnerships, regionalization, or consolidation of rural health systems; and (V) contract services; and (B) require an applicant to— (i) receive financial planning assistance; and (ii) prepare a long-term financial plan. (3) Waiver In the case of an application for refinancing pursuant to this section, the Secretary may waive the requirement of section 302(a)(1)(D) if the eligible health care facility is insolvent. (b) Rural health care facility technical assistance program (1) In general In lieu of any other authority under which the Secretary may provide technical assistance to any eligible health care facility, the Secretary shall establish, and maintain, directly or by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, a Rural Health Care Facility Technical Assistance Program (in this section referred to as the Program ) to provide technical assistance and training, tailored to the capacity and needs of each eligible health care facility, to help eligible health care facilities in rural areas— (A) identify development needs for maintaining essential health care services, and support action plans for operational and quality improvement projects to meet the development needs