[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 97 (Thursday, May 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 28263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12047]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Part C Early Intervention Services Grant Under the Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS .

ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive Award of Part C Funds for the Rural 
Health Group.

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SUMMARY: HRSA will be awarding non-competitively Part C funds to 
support comprehensive primary care services for persons living with 
HIV/AIDS, including primary medical care, laboratory testing, oral 
health care, outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment, 
specialty and subspecialty care, referrals for health and support 
services and adherence monitoring/education services to the Rural 
Health Group in order to ensure continuity of critical HIV medical care 
and treatment services, and to avoid a disruption of HIV clinical care 
to clients in Henderson, North Carolina, and the surrounding counties.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Grantee of record: Maria Parham Medical Center, Henderson, North 
Carolina.
    Intended recipient of the award: Rural Health Group, Roanoke 
Rapids, North Carolina.
    Amount of the award: $426,562 to ensure ongoing clinical services 
to the target population.

    Authority:  Section 2651 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 
U.S.C. 300ff-51.
    CFDA Number: 93.918.
    Project period: April 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011. The period of 
support for this award is from April 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.

Justification for the Exception to Competition

    Critical funding for HIV medical care and treatment services to 
clients in northern North Carolina will be continued through a non-
competitive award to the Rural Health Group, because it has the fiscal 
and administrative infrastructure to administer the Part C Grant. This 
is a temporary replacement award, as the previous grant recipient 
serving this population notified HRSA that it could not continue 
providing services after March 31, 2010. HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau 
identified the Rural Health Group as the best qualified entity for this 
temporary grant, because it is a community health center funded by 
section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. As of January 1, 2010, 
the Maria Parham Medical Center has contracted with the Rural Health 
Group to provide services temporarily, and the program staff has been 
transferred to the Rural Health Group. The Rural Health Group can 
ensure comprehensive services are provided including primary medical 
care including antiretroviral therapies; prevention education and 
medication adherence teaching; referrals for mental health, substance 
abuse and dental services; and on-site medical HIV case management 
services. The additional funding provided would enhance retaining the 
targeted population in care. The Rural Health Group is able to provide 
critical services with the least amount of disruption to the service 
population while the service area is re-competed.
    This supplement will cover the time period from April 1, 2010, 
through June 30, 2011. This service area will be included in the 
upcoming competition for the Part C HIV Early Intervention Services for 
project periods starting July, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Treat, by e-mail 
[email protected], or by phone at 301-443-7602.

    Dated: May 12, 2010.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-12047 Filed 5-19-10; 8:45 am]
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