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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

 

Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant 
Increase in the Rate'' for Implementation of the General Statutory 
Funding Preference for Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships 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 Traineeships funded under the authority of section 831(a), 
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(a) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
Secretary to award grants to cover the costs of traineeships for 
licensed registered nurses to become nurse anesthetists.

Statutory Funding Preference

    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 November 3, 1993 at 58 FR 58701, and proposed 
minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant increase in the 
rate'' for implementation of the general statutory funding preference. 
One letter was received during the 30 day comment period. The 
respondent suggested that the reference to public health nurses in the 
definition of ``high rate'' be deleted since it is not relevant to this 
program. The definition of ``high rate'' has been revised to include 
this suggestion. Other comments on issues not specifically proposed for 
public comment are not addressed in this notice. 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 
9-36, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 
443-5763 FAX: (301) 443-8586.
    This program, Grants for Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships, is listed 
at 93.124 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: June 3, 1994.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-13932 Filed 6-7-94; 8:45 am]
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