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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant 
Increase in the Rate'' for Implementation of the General Statutory 
Funding Preference for Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Education Programs 
for 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 general statutory 
funding preference for fiscal year (FY) 1994 Grants for Nurse 
Anesthetist Education Programs funded under the authority of section 
831(a), title VIII of the Public Health Service 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(a) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
Secretary to make grants to cover the costs of projects to develop and 
operate programs for the education of nurse anesthetists.

Statutory Funding Preference

    In making awards of grants under this section, 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 
such an award is sought, has achieved a significant increase in the 
rate of placing graduates in such settings.

Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant Increase in the 
Rate''

    A notice which announced this grant cycle was published in the 
Federal Register on January 6, 1994 at 59 FR 769, and proposed minimum 
percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'' 
for implementation of the general statutory funding preference. No 
comments were received during the 30 day comment period. Therefore, the 
percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'' 
remain as proposed. The final minimum percentages are shown below.
    ``High rate'' is defined as a minimum of 20 percent of graduates in 
academic years 1990-91, 1991-92 or 1992-93 who spend at least 50 
percent of their worktime in clinical practice in the specified 
settings. Graduates who are providing care in a medically underserved 
community as a part of a fellowship or other educational experience can 
be counted.
    ``Significant increase in the rate'' means that, between academic 
years 1991-92 and 1992-93, the rate of placing graduates in the 
specified settings has increased by a minimum of 50 percent and that 
not less than 15 percent of graduates from the most recent year are 
working in these settings.

Additional Information

    If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact: 
Ms. Donna English, Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, room 
9-35, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 
443-5763 FAX: (301) 443-8586.
    This program, Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Education Programs, is 
listed at 93.916 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 20, 1994.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-12857 Filed 5-25-94; 8:45 am]
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