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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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