[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21958-21959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08482]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Non-Competitive One-Year Extension With Funds for Black Lung/Coal 
Miner Clinics Program (H37) Current Grantee

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HRSA will be issuing a non-competitive one-year extension with 
funds for the Black Lung/Coal Miner Clinics Program awards to the 
current grantees (included in attached chart), in amounts between 
$299,000 and $1.5 million over the one-year extension project period. 
The level of support is at the same annual rate that was authorized in 
fiscal year (FY) 2012. The Black Lung/Coal Miner Clinics Program 
supports projects that seek to prevent, monitor, and treat pulmonary 
and respiratory diseases in active and inactive miners. This extension 
with funds will allow the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) to 
reassess the priorities and scope of the program. The extension will 
also allow for greater pre-application technical assistance and 
opportunity to ensure funding levels can adequately address target 
population needs in various parts of the country.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grantees of record and intended award 
amounts are included below.
    Amount of the Award(s): Each of the current grantees will receive 
support at the same annual rate that was authorized in FY 2012: between 
$299,000 and $1.5 million.

CFDA Number: 93.965.

    Current Project Period: 7/1/2010 through 6/30/2013.
    Period of Additional Funding: 7/1/2013 through 6/30/2014.

    Authority: Sec. 427(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 
of 1977, as amended, (30 U.S.C. 937)

    Justification: HRSA is extending funding for the Black Lung/Coal 
Miner Clinics Program grants by one year for the following reasons: 
recent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH) 
indicates that the prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), 
also known as black lung disease, is rising. In fact, a recent study of 
2,000 coal miners from Utah to Pennsylvania showed five times as many 
miners have CWP than ten years ago. Many miners are developing severe 
CWP before 50 years of age, and there is some evidence that this is 
being manifested as premature mortality. In addition, data from the 
U.S. Department of Labor show the number of federal black lung benefits 
claims has increased, suggesting that the disease is also leading to 
increased significant, long-term disability.
    This extension will allow the ORHP to consult providers, experts, 
and federal partners to thoroughly reassess the priorities and scope of 
the current program, while taking into account regulatory requirements. 
It will also provide an opportunity to ensure funding levels as well as 
program resources are most effectively coordinated with other federal 
efforts to address growing target population needs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadia Ibrahim, MA, LGSW, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 5A-05, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or email 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 4, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.

Attachment

Intended Recipients

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                                                                                         Project     Orig.
             Organization                      Grant number               State           start      start     Revised     FY10*      FY11**    FY12***
                                                                                           date       date     end date
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Mountain Comprehensive Health           H37RH00050                 KY                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14   $582,993   $581,978   $580,040
 Corporation, Inc.
Community Health of East Tennessee,     H37RH00052                 TN                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    191,097    190,082    188,144
 Inc.
Shawnee Health Service and Development  H37RH00053                 IL                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    872,405    871,390    869,452
 Corporation.
Ohio Department of Health.............  H37RH00054                 OH                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    661,909    660,894    658,965
John H. Strroger Hospital of Cook       H37RH00055                 IL                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    301,262    300,247    298,309
 County.
Miner's Colfax Medical Center.........  H37RH00057                 NM                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    321,876    320,861    318,923
Northwest Community Action Programs...  H37RH00058                 WY                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    300,657    299,642    247,931
Altoona Hospital......................  H37RH00064                 PA                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    260,086    259,071    257,133
National Jewish Health................  H37RH00066                 CO                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    427,000    425,985    424,047
Alveoli Corporation...................  H37RH00067                 PA                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    149,656    148,641    146,703

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Birmingham Healthcare for the Homeless  H37RH00068                 AL                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    218,267    217,252    215,314
 Coalition.
West Virginia Department of Health &    H37RH00046                 WV                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14  1,504,940  1,503,925  1,501,700
 Human Resources.
Centerville Clinics, Inc..............  H37RH00047                 PA                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    333,403    332,388    330,450
St. Charles Health....................  H37RH00048                 VA                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    567,663    566,648    564,710
Coal Miners Respiratory Clinic of       H37RH00049                 KY                      7/1/10    6/30/13    6/30/14    353,471    352,456    350,518
 Greenville (Muhlenberg Community
 Hospital).
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* Each grantee received a $4,000 supplement, which is not reflected in the total funding for each organization.
** Each grantee received a $4,824 supplement, which is not reflected in the total funding for each organization.
*** Each grantee received a $5,337 supplement, which is not reflected in the total funding for each organization.

[FR Doc. 2013-08482 Filed 4-11-13; 8:45 am]
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