[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9284]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant
Increase in the Rate'' for Implementation of the General Statutory
Funding Preference for Grants for Podiatric Primary Care Residency
Training Programs
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces
the final minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant
increase in the rate'' for fiscal year (FY) 1995 Grants for Podiatric
Primary Care Residency Training Programs under the authority of section
751, title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the
Health Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-
408, dated October 13, 1992.
Purpose
Section 751 authorizes the award of grants for the purpose of
planning and implementing projects in primary care training for
podiatric physicians in approved or provisionally approved residency
programs which shall provide financial assistance in the form of
traineeships to residents who participate in such projects and who plan
to specialize in primary care.
Eligibility
Eligible entities for this program are schools of podiatric
medicine and public and nonprofit private hospitals. As noted above,
the authorizing legislation limits eligibility to residency programs
that are approved or provisionally approved. The Council on Podiatric
Medical Education (CPME), the recognized accrediting body for podiatric
medicine, uses the term ``candidate status'' in lieu of ``provisional
approval.'' For the purposes of this program ``candidate status'' will
be accepted as meeting the statutory requirement for ``provisional
approval.''
General Statutory Funding Preference
As provided in section 791(a) of the PHS Act, preference will be
given to qualified applicants that:
(1) have a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings
having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or
(2) have achieved, during the 2-year period preceding the fiscal
year for which an award is sought, a significant increase in the rate
of placing graduates in such settings.
This preference will only be applied to applications that rank
above the 20th percentile of proposals recommended for approval by the
peer review group.
The minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant
increase in the rate'' for the implementation of the general statutory
funding preference were proposed for public comment in the Federal
Register on December 13, 1994 at 59 FR 64208. No comments were received
during the 30-day comment period. Therefore, the minimum percentages
for ``high rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'' for the
implementation of the general statutory funding preference will be
retained as proposed.
Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant Increase
in the Rate'' for the Implementation of the General Statutory Funding
Preference
``High rate'' is defined as a minimum of 25 percent of the combined
Podiatric Primary Care Residency graduates in academic years 1991-92,
1992-93 and 1993-94, who spend at least 50 percent of their worktime in
clinical practice in medically underserved communities.
``Significant increase in the rate'' means that, between academic
years 1992-93 and 1993-94, the rate of placing graduates in medically
underserved communities has increased by at least 50 percent and that
not less than 15 percent of graduates from the most recent year are
working in medically underserved communities.
Additional Information
Requests for technical or programmatic information should be
directed to: Ms. Martha Evans, Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn
Building, Room 9A-20, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone (301) 443-3614, FAX (301) 443-8890.
This program, Grants for Podiatric Primary Care Residency Training
Programs, is listed at 93.181 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance. It is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order
12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (as implemented
through 45 CFR part 100). This program is not subject to the Public
Health System Reporting Requirements.
Dated: April 7, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-9284 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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