[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12649-12650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6549]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Office of Minority Health; Notice Regarding the Bilingual/
Bicultural Service Demonstration Program (Managed Care)
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Correction of eligibility criteria and deadline for the
Bilingual/Bicultural Service Demonstration Program (Managed Care).
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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of Wednesday, February 12, 1997, make
the following corrections:
The eligibility criterion on page 6536 in the second column states:
``Applicants must be located within one of the following top 15
Metropolitan Statistical Areas identified from the 1990 U.S. Census as
having the highest number of limited-English-proficient households
experiencing linguistic isolation.'' The 15 MSAs are identified as:
Phoenix, AZ.
Fresno, CA.
Los Angeles/Anaheim/Riverside, CA.
Sacramento, CA.
Honolulu, HI.
Boston/Lawrence/Salem, MA-NH.
Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI.
New York/North New Jersey/Long Island, NY-NJ-CT.
Philadelphia/Wilmington/Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX.
El Paso, TX.
Houston/Galveston/Brazoria, TX.
McAllen/Edinburg/Mission, TX.
Seattle/Tacoma, WA.
Washington, DC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The 15 areas have been changed to:
Los Angeles/Anaheim/Riverside, CA.
San Diego, CA.
San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA.
Maimi/Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Chicago/Gary/Lake County, IL.
Boston/Lawrence/Salem, MA-NH.
Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI.
New York/North New Jersey/Long Island, NY-NJ-CT.
Philadelphia/Wilmington/Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX.
El Paso, TX.
Houston/Galveston/Brazoria, TX.
McAllen/Edinburg/Mission, TX.
San Antonio, TX.
Washington, DC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The deadline on page 6536 in the second column states that ``grant
applications must be received by the OMH Grants Management Office by
April 11, 1997.'' This is corrected to read ``grant applications must
be received by the OMH Grants Management Office by May 1, 1997.''
This Notice corrects the identification of the top 15 MSAs having
the highest number of limited-English-proficient households
experiencing linguistic isolation, according to the 1990 U.S. Census.
The 15 MSAs were identified from data provided by the Bureau of the
Census. The Office of Minority Health has since been advised by the
Bureau of the Census that the database from which this information was
drawn is inaccurate. Four MSAs with higher numbers of limited-English-
proficient households experiencing linguistic isolation than some of
those included in the February 12 announcement were not included in the
database. A fifth was included in the database, but with inaccurate
data on the numbers. As a consequence, all five were omitted from the
February 12 announcement. Based on additional information provided by
the Bureau of the Census, this Notice revises the list of the 15 MSAs
which are eligible for funding.
The Office of Minority Health considered simply adding the 5 MSAs
to the list of 15 published in the Federal Register of Wednesday,
February 12.
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However, given the limited resources available for support of this
program, we decided not to expand eligibility beyond the 15 areas of
greatest need as measured by the Census data. Therefore the 5 MSAs that
were incorrectly included in the Federal Register of Wednesday,
February 12 (Phoenix, AZ; Fresno, CA; Sacramento, CA; Honolulu, HI;
Seattle/Tacoma, WA) are simply being dropped from consideration.
Dated: March 6, 1997.
Clay E. Simpson, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health.
[FR Doc. 97-6549 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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