[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19071-19072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9285]



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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 Residency Training in Preventive 
Medicine for Fiscal Year 1995

    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) 1995 Grants for Residency 
Training in Preventive Medicine under the authority of section 763, 
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 763 of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the 
Secretary to make grants to meet the costs of projects--
    (1) to plan and develop new residency training programs and to 
maintain or improve existing residency training programs in preventive 
medicine and dental public health; and
    (2) to provide financial assistance to residency trainees enrolled 
in such programs.
    This program is limited to residency training programs in 
preventive medicine.

Eligibility

    To be eligible for a Grant for Residency Training in Preventive 
Medicine, the applicant must be an accredited public or private 
nonprofit school of allopathic or osteopathic medicine or a school of 
public health located in a State. Also, an applicant must demonstrate 
that it has, or will have by the end of 1 year of grant support, full-
time faculty with training and experience in the fields of preventive 
medicine and support from other faculty members trained in public 
health and other relevant specialties and [[Page 19072]] disciplines. 
To receive support, programs must meet the requirements of regulations 
as set forth in 42 CFR part 57, subpart EE.

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.

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

    The program announcement, published in the Federal Register at 60 
FR 4423 on January 23, 1995, proposed minimum percentages for ``high 
rate'' and ``significant increase in the rate'' for implementation of 
the general statutory funding preference for this program. No comments 
were received during the 30 day comment period. Therefore, the minimum 
percentages remain as proposed.
    ``High rate'' is defined as a minimum of 25 percent of graduates in 
academic year 1992-93 or academic year 1993-94, whichever is greater, 
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 1992-93 and 1993-94, 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 years are 
working in these settings.

Additional Information

    If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact: 
D.W. Chen, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Associated, Dental, and Public 
Health Professions, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 8C-09, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone : (301) 443-6896, Fax: (301) 
443-1164.
    This program, Grants for Residency Training in Preventive Medicine, 
is listed at 93.117 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. 95-9285 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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