[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13923]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


``Low Income Levels'' for Health Professions and Nursing Programs

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is updating 
income levels used to identify a ``low income family'' for the purpose 
of providing training in the various health professions and nursing 
programs included in titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service 
Act (the Act).
    The Department periodically publishes in the Federal Register low 
income levels used for grants and cooperative agreements to 
institutions providing training for (1) Disadvantaged individuals, (2) 
individuals from a disadvantaged background, or (3) low-income 
families.
    The programs under the Act that may use ``low income levels'' as 
one of the factors in determining a disadvantaged or low-income status 
are the:

Advanced Education Nursing (section 811)
Allied Health Special Projects (section 755)
Basic Nurse Education and Practice (section 831)
Dental Public Health (section 768)
Faculty Loan Repayment and Fellowships Program (section 738)
Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students 
(section 739 (a)(2)(F))
General or Pediatric Dentistry (section 747)
Health Administration Traineeships and Special Projects (section 769)
Health Careers Opportunity (section 739)
Loans to Disadvantaged Students (section 724)
Maternal and Child Health Research (section 701)
Physician Assistant Training (section 747)
Primary Care Residency Training (section 747)
Public Health Traineeships (section 767)
Quentin N. Burdick Rural Health (section 754)
Residency Training in Preventive Medicine (section 768)
Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged 
Backgrounds (section 737)
Public Health Training Centers (section 766)
Workforce Diversity (section 821)

    These programs generally award grants to accredited schools of 
medicine, osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary 
medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied health, podiatric medicine, 
nursing, chiropractic, public or nonprofit private schools which offer 
graduate programs in clinical psychology, and other public or private 
nonprofit health or educational entities to assist the disadvantaged to 
enter and graduate from health professions schools. Some programs 
provide for the repayment of health professions education loans for 
disadvantaged students.
    The following income figures were taken from low income levels 
published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, using an index adopted by a 
Federal Interagency Committee for use in a variety of Federal programs. 
That index includes multiplication by a factor of 1.3 for adaptation to 
health professions and nursing programs which support training for 
disadvantaged individuals or those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The 
income figures have been updated to reflect increases in the Consumer 
Price Index through December 31, 1998.

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                                                                 Income
                 Size of parents' family \1\                   level \2\
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1............................................................    $10,900
2............................................................     14,100
3............................................................     16,800
4............................................................     21,500
5............................................................     25,400
6 or more....................................................    28,500
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\1\ Includes only dependents listed on Federal income tax forms.
\2\ Rounded to the nearest $100. Adjusted gross income for calendar year
  1998.

Definition

    (a) Income. The Bureau of the Census and the Department of Health 
and Human Services define ``income'' to include total annual cash 
receipts before taxes from all sources with the following exceptions: 
Capital gains; any assets drawn down as withdrawals from a bank, the 
sale of property, a house, or a car; or tax refunds, gifts, loans, 
lump-sum inheritances, one-time insurance payments, or compensation for 
injury. A more detailed definition of ``income'' is available from the 
Bureau of Census.

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-13923 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
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