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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

Health Resources and Services Administration; Statement of 
Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Chapter HB (Health Resources and Services Administration) 
of the Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of 
Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (47 FR 38409-
24, August 31, 1982, as amended most recently at 59 FR 28109, May 31, 
1994), is amended to reflect the following changes in the Bureau of 
Health Resources Development:
    1. Abolish the Division of Facilities Assistance and Recovery, the 
Division of Facilities Compliance, and the Division of Facilities 
Loans;
    2. Establish the Division of Facilities and Loans, and the Division 
of Facilities Compliance and Recovery.
    Under HB-10, Organization and Functions amend the functional 
statements for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HB) by 
deleting the functional statements for the Division of Facilities 
Compliance (HBB5), Division of Facilities Assistance and Recovery 
(HBB6), and the Division of Facilities Loans (HBB7) in their entirety. 
Insert the following functional statements after Division of Trauma and 
Emergency Medical Systems (HBB8).

Division of Facilities Compliance and Recovery (HBB9)

    The Division substantiates health facilities' compliance with the 
reasonable volume of uncompensated care assurance. Specifically: (1) 
Establishes, develops, and monitors the implementation of regulations, 
policies, procedures, and guidelines for use by regional staff and 
health care facilities in ascertaining that assurances are met; (2) 
plans and directs the development of regulations and program guidelines 
for administering grant support for health care, health professions 
education, and nurse training facilities; (3) provides technical 
assistance and training, and conducts evaluations to ensure nationwide 
consistency in program administration; (4) maintains a system for 
receipt, analysis and disposition of audit appeals by obligated 
facilities; (5) maintains a system for receiving and responding to 
patient complaints and for their analysis, evaluation and disposition; 
(6) develops and initiates monitoring activities necessary to ensure 
enforcement of provisions regarding the reasonable volume assurance; 
and (7) coordinates its activities with other components of the Bureau, 
HRSA, other PHS agencies, and other departmental components.

Division of Facilities and Loans (HBBA)

    The Division plans and directs the development of regulations and 
program guidelines for administering loan, loan guarantee and interest 
subsidy program for health care facilities. Specifically: (1) Develops 
regulations, policy and procedures for administering loan and loan 
guarantee with interest subsidy programs; (2) administers the PHS 
responsibility for facility construction, renovation, and modification 
as described in interagency memoranda of agreement; (3) provides 
overall consultation and guidance on factors affecting future national 
requirements in specific types of facilities, geographic distribution 
and facilities utilization; (4) maintains an automated data system for 
the issuance of periodic and special reports and for the manipulation 
of institution specific data in performing tests for financial 
feasibility; (5) assists in the evaluation and analysis of applications 
for construction under assigned grant programs; (6) reviews and 
recommends action on: (a) Proposals for new health facilities or 
additions to or modernization of existing facilities under loan 
programs assigned to the Division, (b) requests for mortgage relief, 
such as forbearance of principal and/or interest payment, suspension of 
sinking fund deposits, modifications of loan terms, etc., and (c) 
requests for recovery and/or waiver of repayment of Federal loan funds; 
(7) provides advice and guidance to regional staff on statutory and 
regulatory provisions and policy and procedures for administering 
programs assigned to the Division; and (8) maintains liaison with and 
coordinates its activities and jointly develops pertinent programmatic 
materials with other components of the Bureau, HRSA, other PHS 
agencies, HHS, other concerned Federal agencies, and with private 
lending institutions and associations.

Delegations of Authority

    All delegations and redelegations of authorities to officers and 
employees of the Health Resources and Services Administration which 
were in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this 
reorganization will be continued in effect in them or their successors, 
pending further redelegation, provided they are consistent with this 
reorganization.
    This change will be effective on October 1, 1994.

    Dated: June 24, 1994.
Ciro V. Sumaga,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-16235 Filed 7-5-94; 8:45 am]
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