[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38416-38417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18953]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Project Grants for Health Care and Other Facilities
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of limited competition for grant funds.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
announces a limited competition to provide $510,203 in construction
funding to Iowa hospitals which were recipients of Rural Health
Transition Grants from the Health Care Financing Administration. Funds
were appropriated for this purpose by Public Law 105-78 under the
Public Health Service Act.
Funds are available to support one or two construction/renovation
projects. In accordance with the directive set forth in the House and
Senate Conference Report on Public Law 105-78, competition is limited
to the hospitals listed below (H.R. Report No. 105-390, dated November
7, 1997). Award consideration will be limited to the following Iowa
facilities:
Adair County Memorial Hospital, Greenfield;
Audubon County Memorial Hospital, Audubon;
Cass County Memorial Hospital, Atlantic;
Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield;
Greene County Medical Center, Jefferson;
Guthrie County Hospital, Guthrie Center;
Hamilton County Public Hospital, Webster City;
Horn Memorial Hospital, Ida Grove;
Mahaska County Hospital, Oskaloosa;
Manning General Hospital, Manning;
Monroe County Hospital, Albia;
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, Red Oak;
Palo Alto County Hospital, Emmetsburg;
Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr;
St. Anthony Regional Hospital, Carroll;
St Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Centerville;
Story County Hospital, Nevada;
Van Buren County Hospital, Xerosauqua;
Washington County Hospital, Washington;
Wayne County Hospital, Corydon;
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital, Decorah.
Other Award Information: HHS strongly encourages all grant and
contract recipients to provide a smoke free workplace and to promote
the
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nonuse of all tobacco products. In addition, Public Law 103-227, the
Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits smoking in certain facilities (or
in some cases, any portion of a facility) in which regular or routine
education, library, day care, health care, or early childhood
development services are provided to children.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information relating to
technical and program issues may be obtained from Mr. Paul Murphy,
Chief, Facilities Monitoring Branch, Division of Facilities Compliance
and Recovery, Office of Special Programs, HRSA, Twinbrook Metro Plaza
Building, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 520, Rockville, Maryland
20857, (301) 443-4303. Information regarding business, administrative,
or fiscal issues related to the awarding of grants under this Notice
may be requested from Mr. Tom Castonguay, Grants Management Specialist,
HIV/AIDS Bureau, HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 7-27, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, 301 443-2385. Applicants for grants will use
Form PHS 5161-1, approved under OMB Control Number 0937-0189.
The OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for Health
Care Facilities is 93.887.
Dated: July 10, 1998.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-18953 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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