[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22792-22793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9231]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Non-Competitive Program Expansion Supplement To Revise, Update, 
and Disseminate Educational Curricula Regarding Alzheimer's Disease and 
Related Dementias

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a Non-Competitive Program Expansion Supplement To 
Revise, Update, and Disseminate Educational Curricula Regarding 
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will 
be issuing a non-competitive program expansion supplement to 45 
Geriatric Education Centers (GEC) Program grantees to revise, update, 
and disseminate educational curricula regarding Alzheimer's Disease and 
related dementias (AD). Approximately $2,000,000 will be available in 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 and $4,000,000 in FY 2013 from the Prevention and 
Public Health Fund, created by the Affordable Care Act. The GEC 
grantees have the capacity, capability, expertise, experience, and 
infrastructure to expeditiously, effectively, and efficiently implement 
the AD initiative within their existing educational programming. The 
programmatic supplements will allow the Bureau of Health Professions to 
consolidate resources and provide enhanced technical assistance, grant 
funds, grant monitoring and oversight to the AD initiative within 
currently existing grants.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Grantees of record and intended award amounts are:

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                                                                               2012 Projected    2012 Supplement
             Grantee name                Grant No.            State                awards            amount
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University of Alabama at Birmingham..    UB4HP19045  Alabama................       $216,000.00           $42,222
Arizona Board of Regents.............    UB4HP19047  Arizona................        399,771.00            42,222
University of Arkansas...............    UB4HP19048  Arkansas...............        421,310.00            42,222
Board of Trustees of the Leland          UB4HP19049  California.............        399,772.00            42,222
 Stanford Junior University.
The Regents of the University of         UB4HP19202  California.............        426,192.00            42,222
 California, Los Angeles.
The Regents of the University of         UB4HP19046  California.............        424,203.00            42,222
 California, San Francisco.
NOVA Southeastern University.........    UB4HP19211  Florida................        431,907.00            42,222
University of Miami..................    UB4HP19066  Florida................        427,185.00            42,222
Emory University.....................    UB4HP19215  Georgia................        419,472.00            42,222
University of Hawaii.................    UB4HP19065  Hawaii.................        427,920.00            42,222
University of Iowa...................    UB4HP19054  Iowa...................        426,650.00            42,222
University of Kansas Medical Center      UB4HP19192  Kansas.................        429,472.00            42,222
 Research Institute.
University of Kentucky Research          UB4HP19051  Kentucky...............        409,280.00            42,222
 Foundation.
University of New England............    UB4HP19207  Maine..................        216,000.00            42,222
Johns Hopkins University.............    UB4HP19193  Maryland...............        426,800.00            42,222
Regents of the University of             UB4HP19196  Minnesota..............        424,811.00            42,222
 Minnesota.
Saint Louis University...............    UB4HP19060  Missouri...............        427,879.00            42,222
The University of Montana............    UB4HP19056  Montana................        429,725.00            42,222
Board of Regents, NSHE, on behalf of     UB4HP19205  Nevada.................        418,751.00            42,222
 University of Nevada--Reno.
Trustees of Dartmouth College........    UB4HP19206  New Hampshire..........        425,443.00            42,222
UMDNJ--School of Osteopathic Medicine    UB4HP19059  New Jersey.............        423,459.00            42,222
Mount Sinai School of Medicine.......    UB4HP19194  New York...............        421,698.00            42,222
University of Rochester..............    UB4HP19204  New York...............        415,498.00            42,222
Duke University......................    UB4HP19203  North Carolina.........        215,713.00            42,222
University of North Carolina at          UB4HP19053  North Carolina.........        420,000.00            42,222
 Chapel Hill.
University of Oklahoma Health            UB4HP19197  Oklahoma...............        416,609.00            42,222
 Sciences Center.
Oregon Health and Science University.    UB4HP19057  Oregon.................        418,002.00            42,222
Thomas Jefferson University..........    UB4HP19061  Pennsylvania...........        417,200.00            42,222
University of Pennsylvania...........    UB4HP19214  Pennsylvania...........        427,795.00            42,222
University of Pittsburgh.............    UB4HP19199  Pennsylvania...........        416,712.00            42,222
University of Rhode Island...........    UB4HP19208  Rhode Island...........        424,589.00            42,222
University of South Carolina.........    UB4HP19212  South Carolina.........        422,640.00            42,222
Meharry Medical College..............    UB4HP19055  Tennessee..............        418,222.00            42,222
Baylor College of Medicine...........    UB4HP19052  Texas..................        414,000.00            42,222
Texas Tech University Health Sciences    UB4HP19201  Texas..................        215,216.00            42,222
 Center.

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The University of Texas Health           UB4HP19058  Texas..................        216,000.00            42,222
 Science Center at Houston.
The University of Texas Health           UB4HP19063  Texas..................        420,800.00            42,222
 Science Center at San Antonio.
The University of Texas Medical          UB4HP19213  Texas..................        432,000.00            42,222
 Branch at Galveston.
Virginia Commonwealth University.....    UB4HP19210  Virginia...............        421,601.00            42,222
University of Washington.............    UB4HP19195  Washington.............        216,000.00            42,222
George Washington University.........    UB4HP19200  Washington, DC.........        420,738.00            42,222
West Virginia University Research        UB4HP19050  West Virginia..........        428,800.00            42,222
 Corp.
Marquette University.................    UB4HP19062  Wisconsin..............        412,012.00            42,222
University of Wyoming................    UB4HP19198  Wyoming................        426,751.00            42,222
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    Total............................  ............  .......................     17,734,743.00         1,899,990
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    Intended Recipients of the Award: 45 Existing GEC awardees.
    Amount of the Awards: $42,222.
    Project Period: July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014.

    Authority:  Section 753(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended by Section 5305 of the Affordable Care Act.

Justification

    The programmatic supplements will allow the Bureau of Health 
Professions to consolidate resources and provide enhanced technical 
assistance, grant funds, grant monitoring and oversight to the AD 
initiative within currently existing grants. Providing the additional 
funding to existing grantees also has benefits for program evaluative 
purposes since the GEC grantees already have evaluation requirements 
with which they comply. This programmatic supplement aligns with the 
current GEC budget period cycle, resulting in administrative savings 
over a competitive grant making process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan Weiss, Ph.D., RN, CRNP, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Division of Public Health and 
Interdisciplinary Education, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9C-05, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857, or email [email protected].

    Dated: April 11, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-9231 Filed 4-16-12; 8:45 am]
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