[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12649-12650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6549]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Office of Minority Health; Notice Regarding the Bilingual/
Bicultural Service Demonstration Program (Managed Care)

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Correction of eligibility criteria and deadline for the 
Bilingual/Bicultural Service Demonstration Program (Managed Care).

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of Wednesday, February 12, 1997, make 
the following corrections:
    The eligibility criterion on page 6536 in the second column states: 
``Applicants must be located within one of the following top 15 
Metropolitan Statistical Areas identified from the 1990 U.S. Census as 
having the highest number of limited-English-proficient households 
experiencing linguistic isolation.'' The 15 MSAs are identified as:
     Phoenix, AZ.
     Fresno, CA.
     Los Angeles/Anaheim/Riverside, CA.
     Sacramento, CA.
     Honolulu, HI.
     Boston/Lawrence/Salem, MA-NH.
     Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI.
     New York/North New Jersey/Long Island, NY-NJ-CT.
     Philadelphia/Wilmington/Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
     Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX.
     El Paso, TX.
     Houston/Galveston/Brazoria, TX.
     McAllen/Edinburg/Mission, TX.
     Seattle/Tacoma, WA.
     Washington, DC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
    The 15 areas have been changed to:
     Los Angeles/Anaheim/Riverside, CA.
     San Diego, CA.
     San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA.
     Maimi/Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
     Chicago/Gary/Lake County, IL.
     Boston/Lawrence/Salem, MA-NH.
     Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI.
     New York/North New Jersey/Long Island, NY-NJ-CT.
     Philadelphia/Wilmington/Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
     Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX.
     El Paso, TX.
     Houston/Galveston/Brazoria, TX.
     McAllen/Edinburg/Mission, TX.
     San Antonio, TX.
     Washington, DC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
    The deadline on page 6536 in the second column states that ``grant 
applications must be received by the OMH Grants Management Office by 
April 11, 1997.'' This is corrected to read ``grant applications must 
be received by the OMH Grants Management Office by May 1, 1997.''
    This Notice corrects the identification of the top 15 MSAs having 
the highest number of limited-English-proficient households 
experiencing linguistic isolation, according to the 1990 U.S. Census. 
The 15 MSAs were identified from data provided by the Bureau of the 
Census. The Office of Minority Health has since been advised by the 
Bureau of the Census that the database from which this information was 
drawn is inaccurate. Four MSAs with higher numbers of limited-English-
proficient households experiencing linguistic isolation than some of 
those included in the February 12 announcement were not included in the 
database. A fifth was included in the database, but with inaccurate 
data on the numbers. As a consequence, all five were omitted from the 
February 12 announcement. Based on additional information provided by 
the Bureau of the Census, this Notice revises the list of the 15 MSAs 
which are eligible for funding.
    The Office of Minority Health considered simply adding the 5 MSAs 
to the list of 15 published in the Federal Register of Wednesday, 
February 12.

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However, given the limited resources available for support of this 
program, we decided not to expand eligibility beyond the 15 areas of 
greatest need as measured by the Census data. Therefore the 5 MSAs that 
were incorrectly included in the Federal Register of Wednesday, 
February 12 (Phoenix, AZ; Fresno, CA; Sacramento, CA; Honolulu, HI; 
Seattle/Tacoma, WA) are simply being dropped from consideration.

    Dated: March 6, 1997.
Clay E. Simpson, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health.
[FR Doc. 97-6549 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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