[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9585-9586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3751]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Poison Control Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive Replacement Awards to the Research 
Foundation of SUNY and the New York City Health & Hospitals 
Corporation.

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SUMMARY: HRSA will transfer funds and duties from Kaleida Health and 
University of Rochester to the Research Foundation of SUNY d.b.a. the 
Upstate New York Poison Control Center. HRSA will also transfer funds 
and duties from Winthrop University to the New York City Health & 
Hospitals Corporation d.b.a. the New York City Poison Control Center. 
These transfers are necessary in order to maintain poison control 
services and education efforts throughout the State of New York.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Former Grantee of Record: Kaleida Health, University of Rochester; 
and Winthrop University are the three former grantees.
    Original Period of Grant Support is from: September 1, 2009 to 
August 31, 2014.
    Replacement awardees: The Research Foundation of SUNY and the New 
York City Health & Hospitals Corporation are the replacement awardees.
    Period of Replacement Awards: The period of support for the 
replacement awards is January 1, 2011, to August 31, 2011.
    Amount of Replacement Awards is as follows:
    [rtarr8] Kaleida Health d.b.a. the Western New York Poison Center 
(H4BHS15474) will transfer $78,720 to the Research Foundation of SUNY 
d.b.a. the Upstate New York Poison Center (H4BHS15475);
    [rtarr8] University of Rochester d.b.a. the Ruth A. Lawrence Poison 
and Drug Information Center (H4BHS15476) will transfer approximately 
$78,820 to the Research Foundation of SUNY d.b.a. the Upstate New York 
Poison Center (H4BHS15475); and
    [rtarr8] Winthrop University d.b.a. the Long Island Regional Poison 
and Drug Information Center (H4BHS15478) will transfer $230,397 to the 
New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation d.b.a. the New York City 
Poison Control Center (H4BHS15477).

    Authority:  Section 1273 of the PHS (42 U.S.C. 300d--73), as 
amended by Poison Center Support Enhancement and Awareness Act of 
2008.
    CFDA Number: 93.253.

Justification for the Exception to Competition

    The poison centers operated by the Research Foundation of SUNY and 
the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation currently provide 
poison center services to the citizens of New York, 24 hours a day, 7 
days a week. These services include telephone treatment advice and 
consultation about toxic exposures for both the public and health care 
professionals and toxico and public health surveillance. Educators at 
the centers provide public education about poison prevention and 
clinical toxicology training for many different healthcare 
professionals. The centers also offer programs to help clinicians 
better manage poisoning and overdose cases that end up in a healthcare 
facility.
    These centers have the capacity to provide poison control service 
to the areas formerly served by Kaleida Health, University of 
Rochester, and Winthrop University, ensuring access to critical poison 
emergency treatment and poison

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prevention information statewide, and to fulfill the expectations of 
the original funded application. These replacement grants will also 
ensure that there is no delay or gap in poison center services.
    The State of New York has determined that the Research Foundation 
of SUNY and the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation are the 
best qualified grantees for this award. On December 13, 2010, the State 
provided HRSA with a letter designating the two centers as the official 
poison centers of New York and assigning them specific service areas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Poison Control Program, Director, 
Elisa Gladstone via e-mail at [email protected] or via telephone at 
(301) 594-4394.

    Dated: February 14, 2011.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-3751 Filed 2-17-11; 8:45 am]
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