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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Final Definition, and Final Funding Priority and Special 
Consideration for Grants for Faculty Training Projects in Geriatric 
Medicine and Dentistry for Fiscal Year 1994

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces 
the final definition and final funding priority and special 
consideration for fiscal year (FY) 1994 Grants for Faculty Training 
Projects in Geriatric Medicine and Dentistry funded under the authority 
of section 777(b), title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended by the Health Professions Education Extension Amendments of 
1992, Public Law 102-408, dated October 13, 1992.

Purpose

    Section 777(b) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
Secretary to make grants for the purpose of providing support 
(including residencies, traineeships, and fellowships) for geriatric 
training projects to train physicians and dentists who plan to teach 
geriatric medicine, geriatric psychiatry, or geriatric dentistry.
    A proposed notice was published in the Federal Register on July 20, 
1993 at 58 FR 38776. A definition, funding priority and special 
consideration were proposed for public comment. No comments were 
received during the comment period. Therefore, the definition, funding 
priority and special consideration are retained as proposed. The final 
definition, funding priority and special consideration are listed 
below.

Final Definition

    ``Relevant advanced training or experience'' is defined as at least 
one of the following:
    (a) Completion of at least a 12-month graduate training program in 
a health-related discipline, the basic sciences, or education; or
    (b) A minimum of 2 years of clinical practice, of which at least 12 
months were devoted in part to managing older dental patients in a 
hospital, long-term care facility, or other setting.

Final Funding Priority

    A funding priority will be given to applications that demonstrate 
linkages for the purpose of providing training experiences to educators 
in the care of minority or low-income elderly. Eligible training sites 
include Area Health Education Centers, community and migrant health 
centers, community mental health centers, Native American clinics, 
Native Hawaiian clinics, state or local health departments, public 
health clinics, rural hospitals and clinics, and home health agencies 
and long-term care facilities that accept Medicaid patients.

Final Special Consideration

    Special consideration will be given to the extent to which 
applicants enroll educators from underserved areas.

Additional Information

    If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact: 
Dr. Susan M. Klein, Geriatric Initiatives Branch, Division of 
Associated Dental and Public Health Professions, Bureau of Health 
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn 
Building, room 8-103, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
Telephone: (301) 443-6887, FAX: (301) 443-1164.
    This program, Grants for Faculty Training Projects in Geriatric 
Medicine and Dentistry, is listed at 93.156 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: May 12, 1994.
John H. Kelso,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-12150 Filed 5-18-94; 8:45 am]
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