[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 24638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11287]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration


Final Review Criteria for Cooperative Agreements for Basic/Core 
Area Health Education Centers Programs and Model State-Supported Area 
Health Education Centers Programs for Fiscal Year 1995

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces 
the final review criteria for fiscal year (FY) 1995 Cooperative 
Agreements for Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Programs 
authorized under section 746(a)(1) and Model State-Supported Area 
Health Education Centers Programs authorized under section 746(a)(3), 
title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Health 
Professions Education Extension Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102-408, 
dated October 13, 1992.

Purpose and Eligibility

    In general, an area health education centers program shall be a 
cooperative program of one or more allopathic or osteopathic medical 
schools and one or more public or nonprofit private regional area 
health education centers.
    Section 746(a)(1) of the PHS Act authorizes Federal assistance to 
schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine which have cooperative 
arrangements with one or more public or nonprofit private area health 
education centers for the planning, development and operation of area 
health education centers programs.
    To be eligible to receive support for an area health education 
centers cooperative agreement, the applicant must be a public or 
nonprofit private accredited school of allopathic or osteopathic 
medicine or consortium of such schools, or the parent institution on 
behalf of such school(s).
    Section 746(a)(3) authorizes Federal assistance to any school of 
allopathic or osteopathic medicine that is operating an area health 
education centers program and that is not receiving financial 
assistance under section 746(a)(1), title VII of the PHS Act.
    The statutory authority for the Model State-Supported AHEC Program 
contains explicit language regarding activities and agreements between 
the medical and osteopathic schools which develop AHEC programs and the 
free-standing, community-based area health education centers which 
provide training sites and resources for the activities. To accomplish 
these specific tasks, a system of subcontracts is developed between the 
health professions schools and the independent AHEC centers in the 
communities. The principal objective of the legislation for the Model 
State-Supported AHEC Program is to encourage State coordination and 
support for AHEC activities.

Review Criteria

    The program announcement, published in the Federal Register at 59 
FR 67303 on December 29, 1994, proposed two additional review criteria 
for this program. No comments were received during the 30 day comment 
period. Therefore, the review criteria remain as proposed and are 
included as the last two criteria in the list below. These review 
criteria apply to the Basic/Core AHEC Programs, section 746(a)(1) and 
the Model State-Supported AHEC Programs, section 746(a)(3).
    The review of applications will take into consideration the 
following criteria:

1. The degree to which the proposed project adequately provides for the 
program requirements set forth in sections 746(a)(1) and 746(a)(3);
2. The capability of the applicant to carry out the proposed project 
activities in a cost-efficient manner;
3. The extent of the need of the area to be served by the proposed area 
health education center;
4. The potential of the proposed AHEC program and participating centers 
to continue on a self-sustaining basis; and
5. The extent to which the proposed project adequately responds to AHEC 
Program performance measures and outcome indicators.

Additional Information

    If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact: 
Louis Coccodrilli, M.P.H., Acting Chief, AHEC and Special Programs 
Branch, Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 9A-25, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-
6950, FAX: (301) 443-8890.
    The Cooperative Agreement for Basic/Core Area Health Education 
Centers Programs is listed at 93.824 and the Model State-Supported Area 
Health Education Centers Programs is listed at 93.107 in the Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance. These programs are not subject to the 
provisions of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of 
Federal Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100) or the Public 
Health System Reporting Requirements.

    Dated: May 1, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-11287 Filed 5-8-95; 8:45 am]
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