[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36528-36529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15149]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Community Living


Availability of Program Instructions for MIPPA Funds Program 
Title: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: State 
Plans for Medicare Savings Program, Low Income Subsidy & Prescription 
Drug Enrollment Outreach and Assistance

    Announcement Type: Initial.
    Funding Opportunity Number: AOA-MI-14-001
    Statutory Authority: The Medicare Improvements for Patients and 
Providers Act of 2008--Section 119, Public Law (PL) 110-275 as amended 
by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable 
Care Act), reauthorized by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 
(ATRA) and reauthorized by section 110 of the Protecting Access to 
Medicare Act of 2014.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.071.


DATES: The deadline date for the submission of MIPPA state plans is 
11:59PM EST 08/04/2014.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    The purpose of the funding is to enhance efforts through statewide 
and local coalition building focused on intensified outreach activities 
to help beneficiaries likely to be eligible for the Low Income Subsidy 
program (LIS), Medicare Savings Program (MSP), Medicare Prescription 
Drug Coverage (Part D) and in assisting beneficiaries in applying for 
benefits. ACL will provide funding to State Health Insurance Assistance 
Programs (SHIPs), Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), and Aging and 
Disability Resource Center programs (ADRCs), to inform older Americans 
about available Federal and State benefits. ACL seeks plans from states 
that will describe how the MIPPA funds will be used for beneficiary 
outreach and education over the next three years.
    ACL requests that states submit a three year state plan with 
specific project strategies to expand, extend, or enhance the outreach 
efforts to beneficiaries on Medicare Part D and for those with limited 
incomes. States should describe how the SHIP, AAA, and ADRC efforts 
will be coordinated to provide outreach to beneficiaries with limited 
incomes statewide, for general Medicare Part D outreach and assistance 
to beneficiaries in rural areas, and for outreach activities aimed at 
Medicare prevention and wellness benefits as well as the improvements 
in the Part D program under the Affordable Care Act as mandated by 
Section 3306 of the Act. States are asked to review their 2013 MIPPA 
plans and update these plans to reflect successes achieved to date and 
direct their efforts to enhance and expand their MIPPA outreach 
activities.
    State agencies may prepare either one statewide plan or separate 
plans for each eligible State agency.

II. Award Information

1. Funding Instrument Type

    These awards will be made in the form of grants to State Agencies 
for each MIPPA Priority Area.
    Priority Area 1--Grants to State Agencies (the State Unit on Aging 
or the State Department of Insurance) that administer the State Health 
Insurance Assistance Programs to provide enhanced outreach to eligible 
Medicare beneficiaries regarding their benefits and enhanced outreach 
to individuals who may be eligible for the LIS or for the MSP.
    Priority Area 2--Grants to State Units on Aging for AAAs to provide 
enhanced outreach to eligible Medicare beneficiaries regarding their 
benefits and enhanced outreach to individuals who may be eligible for 
the LIS, MSP, Medicare Part D and Part D in rural areas.
    Priority Area 3--Grants to State Units on Aging that administer the 
Aging and Disability Resource Centers to provide outreach to 
individuals regarding the benefits available under Medicare Part D and 
under the MSP. Funds will be allocated to ADRCs via a formula patterned 
after the statutory formula used for SHIPs and AAAs.

2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding per Budget Period

    ACL intends to make available, under this program announcement, 
grant

[[Page 36529]]

awards for the three MIPPA priority areas. Funding will be distributed 
through a formula as identified in statute. The amounts allocated are 
based upon factors defined in statute and will be distributed to each 
priority area based on the formula. ACL will fund total project periods 
of up to three (3) years contingent upon availability of federal funds.
    Priority Area 1--SHIP: $7.5 million in FY 14 for state agencies 
that administer the SHIP Program.
    Priority Area 2--AAA: $7.5 million in FY 14 for SUAs for Area 
Agencies on Aging and for Native American programs. Funding for Native 
American Programs ($264,000) is deducted from Priority 2 and is being 
allocated through a separate process.
    Priority Area 3--ADRC: $5 million in FY 2014 for state agencies 
that administer ADRC programs that were established prior to March 
2014.

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements

1. Eligible Applicants

    MIPPA Priority Areas 1, 2 and 3: Awards made under this 
announcement, by statute, will be made only to agencies of State 
Governments.
    Priority Area 1: Only existing SHIP grant recipients are eligible 
to apply.
    Priority Area 2: Only State Units on Aging are eligible to apply.
    Priority Area 3: Only State Agencies that received an ACL and CMS 
Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) grant where the ADRC was 
established by March, 2014 are eligible in FY 2014. Eligibility may 
change if future funding is available.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    Cost Sharing does not apply.

3. DUNS Number

    All grant applicants must obtain and keep current a D-U-N-S number 
from Dun and Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit identification number, 
which provides unique identifiers of single business entities. The D-U-
N-S number can be obtained from: https://iupdate.dnb.com/iUpdate/viewiUpdateHome.htm.

4. Intergovernmental Review

    Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications.

IV. Submission Information

1. Application Kits

    Application kits/Program Instructions are available at 
www.grantsolutions.gov. Instructions for completing the application kit 
will be available on the site.

2. Submission Dates and Times

    To receive consideration, applications must be submitted by 11:59 
p.m. Eastern time on August 4, 2014.

VII. Agency Contacts

    Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of 
Supportive and Caregiver Services, Washington, DC 20201, attention: 
Katherine Glendening or by calling 202-357-3859, or by email 
[email protected].

    Dated: June 24, 2014.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Administration on Aging.
[FR Doc. 2014-15149 Filed 6-26-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4154-01-P