No state has approved such a call in the last four years.
The state approved the completed building late in 1901, two years later.
Since then, all 50 states have approved programs, but only 30 are operating.
The state approved only $44 million in payments, he said.
If the state approves it, the work would get under way early next year.
The state received 2,373 appeals and approved 1,191 of them.
Though the board objected, the state approved the plan, and the home opened two years ago.
Some 20 Federal, state and county agencies must approve various elements of the plan.
And the state, at the hospital's request, approved the use for the institute.
The state approved their applications and the mission school closed.