[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9284]



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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 Grants for Podiatric Primary Care Residency 
Training Programs

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces 
the final minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant 
increase in the rate'' for fiscal year (FY) 1995 Grants for Podiatric 
Primary Care Residency Training Programs under the authority of section 
751, title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the 
Health Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-
408, dated October 13, 1992.

Purpose

    Section 751 authorizes the award of grants for the purpose of 
planning and implementing projects in primary care training for 
podiatric physicians in approved or provisionally approved residency 
programs which shall provide financial assistance in the form of 
traineeships to residents who participate in such projects and who plan 
to specialize in primary care.

Eligibility

    Eligible entities for this program are schools of podiatric 
medicine and public and nonprofit private hospitals. As noted above, 
the authorizing legislation limits eligibility to residency programs 
that are approved or provisionally approved. The Council on Podiatric 
Medical Education (CPME), the recognized accrediting body for podiatric 
medicine, uses the term ``candidate status'' in lieu of ``provisional 
approval.'' For the purposes of this program ``candidate status'' will 
be accepted as meeting the statutory requirement for ``provisional 
approval.''

General Statutory Funding Preference

    As provided in section 791(a) of the PHS Act, 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 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 proposals recommended for approval by the 
peer review group.
    The minimum percentages for ``high rate'' and ``significant 
increase in the rate'' for the implementation of the general statutory 
funding preference were proposed for public comment in the Federal 
Register on December 13, 1994 at 59 FR 64208. No comments were received 
during the 30-day comment period. Therefore, the minimum percentages 
for ``high rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'' for the 
implementation of the general statutory funding preference will be 
retained as proposed.

Final Minimum Percentages for ``High Rate'' and ``Significant Increase 
in the Rate'' for the Implementation of the General Statutory Funding 
Preference

    ``High rate'' is defined as a minimum of 25 percent of the combined 
Podiatric Primary Care Residency graduates in academic years 1991-92, 
1992-93 and 1993-94, who spend at least 50 percent of their worktime in 
clinical practice in medically underserved communities.
    ``Significant increase in the rate'' means that, between academic 
years 1992-93 and 1993-94, the rate of placing graduates in medically 
underserved communities has increased by at least 50 percent and that 
not less than 15 percent of graduates from the most recent year are 
working in medically underserved communities.

Additional Information

    Requests for technical or programmatic information should be 
directed to: Ms. Martha Evans, Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health 
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn 
Building, Room 9A-20, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
Telephone (301) 443-3614, FAX (301) 443-8890.
    This program, Grants for Podiatric Primary Care Residency Training 
Programs, is listed at 93.181 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: April 7, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-9284 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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