[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5678]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    This notice amends Part R of the Statement of Organization, 
Functions and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and 
Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (60 
FR 56605 as amended November 6, 1995, as last amended at 63 FR 47033, 
September 3, 1998). This notice reflects the revision of the Division 
of Facilities and Loans (RR3), in the Office of Special Programs. Amend 
the functional statement to read as follows:

Division of Facilities and Loans

    The Division plans and directs the development of regulations and 
program guidelines for administering loan, loan guarantee and interest 
subsidy programs for health care facilities. Specifically: (1) develops 
regulations, policy and procedures for administering loan and loan 
guarantee with interest subsidy programs; (2) administers the DHHS 
responsibility for facility construction, renovation, and modification 
as described in interagency memoranda of agreement; (3) provides 
overall consultation and guidance on factors affecting future national 
requirements in specific types of facilities utilization; (4) maintains 
an automated data system for the issuance of periodic and special 
reports and for the manipulation of institution specific data in 
performing tests for financial feasibility; (5) assists in the 
evaluation and analysis of applications for construction under assigned 
grant programs; (6) reviews and recommends action on: (a) proposals for 
new health facilities or additions to or modernization of existing 
facilities under loan programs assigned to the Division, (b) requests 
for mortgage relief, such as forbearance of principal and/or interest 
payment, suspension of sinking fund deposits, modifications of loan 
terms, and (c) requests for recovery and/or waiver of repayment of 
Federal facilities loan funds; (7) provides advice and guidance to 
regional staff on statutory and regulatory provisions and policy and 
procedures for administering programs assigned to the Division; (8) 
maintains liaison with and coordinates its activities and jointly 
develops pertinent programmatic materials with other components of the 
HRSA, DHHS, other concerned Federal agencies, and with private lending 
institutions and associations; (9) provides program policy 
interpretation and technical assistance to other governmental and 
private organizations and institutions; and (10) administers the HRSA 
facilities engineering and construction assistance programs.

Delegations of Authority

    All delegations and redelegations of authority which were in effect 
immediately prior to the effective date hereof have been continued in 
effect in them or their successors pending further redelegation.
    This reorganization is effective upon date of signature.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-5678 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]
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