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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)
Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant
Increase in the Rate'' for Implementation of the Statutory General
Funding Preference for Grants for Faculty Development in General
Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics--Fiscal Year 1994
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces
the final minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant
increase in the rate'' for implementation of the statutory general
funding preference for fiscal year (FY) 1994 for Grants for Faculty
Development in General Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics
authorized under the authority of section 748, title VII of the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended by the Health Professions
Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102-408, dated
October 13, 1992.
Purpose
Section 748 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes Federal
assistance to schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine, public or
private nonprofit hospitals or other public or private nonprofit
entities for planning, developing and operating programs for the
training of physicians who plan to teach in general internal medicine
or general pediatrics training programs. These grants are intended to
promote the development of faculty skills in physicians who are
currently teaching or who plan teaching careers in general internal
medicine or general pediatrics training programs. These grants also
provide financial assistance in meeting the cost of supporting
physicians who are trainees in such programs.
In addition, section 748 authorizes the award of grants to support
general internal medicine or general pediatrics residency training
programs and a separate grant program exists for this purpose. Further,
section 748 now authorizes the award of grants to support predoctoral
training in general internal medicine and general pediatrics.
Statutory General Funding Preference
As provided in section 791(a) of the PHS Act, preference will be
given to any qualified applicant that--
(A) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice settings
having the principal focus of serving residents of medically
underserved communities; or
(B) During the 2-year period preceding the fiscal year for which an
award is sought, has achieved 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 that have
been recommended for approval by the peer review group.
Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant Increase
in the Rate''
A proposed notice was published in the Federal Register on
September 30, 1993, at 58 FR 51090 for public comment. No comments were
received during the 30-day comment period. Therefore, the proposed
minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant increase in the
rate'' for this program will be retained as follows:
High rate is defined as a minimum of 20 percent of faculty
development/fellowship program graduates in academic year 1991-92 or
academic year 1992-93, whichever is greater, who spend at least 50
percent of their worktime in the specified settings.
Significant increase in the rate means that, between academic years
1991-92 and 1992-93, the rate of placing faculty development/fellowship
program graduates in the specified settings has increased by a minimum
of 50 percent and that not less than 15 percent of the academic year
1992-1993 graduates are working in these areas.
Additional Information
Questions regarding programmatic information should be directed to:
Ms. Dianne G. Harbison, Program Specialist, Primary Care Medical
Education Branch, Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions,
Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, room
9A-20, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-3614, FAX: (301)
443-8890.
The program is listed at 93.900 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance. Applications submitted in response to this announcement are
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 11, 1994.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-9101 Filed 4-14-94; 8:45 am]
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