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[FR Doc No: 94-20509]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Final Criteria for Meeting the General Statutory Funding
Preference for Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Faculty Fellowships for
Fiscal Year 1994
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces
the final criteria for meeting the general statutory funding preference
for fiscal year (FY) 1994 Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Faculty
Fellowships under the authority of section 831(b), title VIII of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended by the Nurse Education and
Practice Improvement Amendments of 1992, title II of the Health
Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102-408,
dated October 13, 1992.
Purpose
Section 831(b) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the
Secretary to make grants to provide financial assistance to certified
registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) who are faculty members in
accredited programs to enable such nurse anesthetists to obtain
advanced education relevant to their teaching functions.
Statutory Funding Preference
Section 860(e) of the PHS Act, as amended by the Nurse Education
and Practice Improvement Amendments of 1992, title II of the Health
Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102-408,
enacted on October 13, 1992, provides for the following statutory
preference for this program of Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Faculty
Fellowships, as well as for certain other programs under titles VII and
VIII of the PHS Act.
Statutory 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 such 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 applications that have been recommended
for approval.
Final Criteria for Meeting the General Statutory Funding Preference
A notice was published in the Federal Register at 59 FR 25463 on
May 16, 1994 to announce the FY 1994 grant cycle for this program and
to propose the criteria for meeting the general statutory funding
preference. No comments were received during the 30 day comment period.
Therefore, the criteria for meeting the general statutory funding
preference remain as proposed.
For Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Faculty Fellowships, qualified
applicants will meet the general statutory funding preference if a
minimum of 50% of the nurse anesthetist faculty are teaching in
medically underserved communities.
Additional Information
If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact:
Ms. Donna English, Acting Chief, Nursing Practice Resources Section,
Division of Nursing. Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 9-36, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-5763 Fax: (301)
443-8586.
This program, Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Faculty Fellowships, is
listed at 93.907 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: August 16, 1994.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-20509 Filed 8-19-94; 8:45 am]
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