[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47659-47660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19200]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Rural Health Services Outreach Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Class Deviation from Competition Requirements for 
Rural Health Services Outreach Program (Outreach).

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SUMMARY: The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) will provide program 
expansion supplemental awards to the current Rural Health Services 
Outreach Program grantees. The program expansion supplemental funds 
will allow current Outreach grantees to expand outreach and enrollment 
activities to the rural uninsured for the next Affordable Care Act's 
(ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period (November 15, 
2014-February 15, 2015). In addition, it will help educate the newly 
insured about the insurance and benefits they can now access as a 
result of enrolling during the initial Health Insurance Marketplace 
open enrollment period. The overarching goals of this supplemental 
funding are to: (1) Increase the number of uninsured educated about 
their coverage options; (2) increase the number of uninsured enrolled 
into the Health Insurance Marketplaces or other available sources of 
insurance, such as Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance 
Program; and (3) increase the number of newly insured individuals 
educated about the benefits and primary care and preventative services 
to which they now have access.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

                    Intended Recipient of the Award: Current Outreach Grantees (Quantity: 69)
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          Grant No.                      Grantee name                 City          State          Amount
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D04RH23609...................  PeaceHealth DBA Ketchikan        Ketchikan.......       AK   Not to exceed
                                General Hospital.                                            $25,000.
D04RH23614...................  Siloam Springs Regional Health   Siloam Springs..       AR   Not to exceed
                                Cooperative, Inc.                                            $25,000.
D04RH23596...................  Mariposa Community Health        Nogales.........       AZ   Not to exceed
                                Center, Inc.                                                 $25,000.
D04RH23569...................  County of Nevada Human Services  Nevada City.....         CA Not to exceed
                                Agency.                                                      $25,000.
D04RH23589...................  Lake County Tribal Health, Inc.  Lakeport........         CA Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23620...................  Woodlake Union Elementary......  Woodlake........         CA Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23616...................  Telluride Medical Center         Telluride.......         CO Not to exceed
                                Foundation.                                                  $25,000.
D04RH23588...................  La Red Health Center, Inc......  Georgetown......       DE   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23580...................  Heartland Rural Health Network,  Avon Park.......       FL   Not to exceed
                                Inc.                                                         $25,000.
D04RH23611...................  Rural Health Network of Monroe   Summerland Key..       FL   Not to exceed
                                County Florida, Inc.                                         $25,000.
D04RH23576...................  Georgia Southern University....  Statesboro......       GA   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23585...................  Irwin County Board of Health...  Ocilla..........       GA   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23599...................  Meadows Regional Medical         Vidalia.........       GA   Not to exceed
                                Center, Inc.                                                 $25,000.
D04RH23615...................  St. Mary's Hospital, Inc.......  Cottonwood......       ID   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23583...................  Indiana Rural Health             Rosedale........       IN   Not to exceed
                                Association, Inc.                                            $25,000.
D04RH23618...................  Unified School District 498 Marshall County Kansas.                                $25,000.
D04RH23572...................  Ephraim McDowell Health Care     Danville........       KY   Not to exceed
                                Foundation, Inc.                                             $25,000.
D04RH23586...................  Kentucky Office of Vocational    Frankfort.......       KY   Not to exceed
                                Rehabilitation.                                              $25,000.
D04RH23590...................  Lake Cumberland District Health  Somerset........       KY   Not to exceed
                                Department.                                                  $25,000.
D04RH23591...................  Lotts Creek Community School,    Hazard..........       KY   Not to exceed
                                Inc.                                                         $25,000.
D04RH23595...................  Marcum and Wallace Memorial      Irvine..........       KY   Not to exceed
                                Hospital.                                                    $25,000.
D04RH23603...................  Montgomery County Kentucky       Mount Sterling..       KY   Not to exceed
                                Health Department.                                           $25,000.
D04RH24757...................  Unlawful Narcotics               Somerset........       KY   Not to exceed
                                Investigation, Treatment and                                 $25,000.
                                Education.
D04RH23582...................  Hospital Service District No. 1- Delhi...........       LA   Not to exceed
                                A of the Parish of Richland.                                 $25,000.
D04RH23584...................  Innis Community Health Center,   Innis...........       LA   Not to exceed
                                Inc.                                                         $25,000.
D04RH23592...................  Louisiana Tech University......  Ruston..........       LA   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23556...................  Allegany Health Right, Inc.....  Cumberland......       MD   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23604...................  Mount Desert Island Hospital     Bar Harbor......       ME   Not to exceed
                                Organization.                                                $25,000.

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D04RH23621...................  Spectrum Health Hospitals......  Greenville......       MI   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23622...................  Sterling Area Health Center....  Sterling........       MI   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23623...................  Upper Great Lakes Family Health  Gwinn...........       MI   Not to exceed
                                Center.                                                      $25,000.
D04RH23624...................  Western Upper Peninsula          Hancock.........       MI   Not to exceed
                                District Health Department.                                  $25,000.
D04RH23568...................  County of Koochiching..........  International          MN   Not to exceed
                                                                 Falls.                      $25,000.
D04RH23601...................  Mississippi Headwaters Area      Bemidji.........       MN   Not to exceed
                                Dental Health Center.                                        $25,000.
D04RH23566...................  Citizens Memorial Hospital       Bolivar.........       MO   Not to exceed
                                District.                                                    $25,000.
D04RH23574...................  Freeman Neosho Hospital........  Neosho..........       MO   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23579...................  Health Care Coalition of         Lexington.......       MO   Not to exceed
                                Layfayette County.                                           $25,000.
D04RH23608...................  Northeast Missouri Health        Kirksville......       MO   Not to exceed
                                Council, Inc.                                                $25,000.
D04RH23563...................  Central Mississippi Residential  Newton..........       MS   Not to exceed
                                Center.                                                      $25,000.
D04RH23562...................  Butte Silver Bow Primary Health  Butte...........       MT   Not to exceed
                                Care Clinic, Inc AKA Butte                                   $25,000.
                                Community Health Center.
D04RH23578...................  Granite County Medical Center..  Philipsburg.....       MT   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23594...................  Madison Valley Hospital          Ennis...........       MT   Not to exceed
                                Association, Inc.                                            $25,000.
D04RH23602...................  Seely Swan Hospital District...  Seeley Lake.....       MT   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH25707...................  Partnership for Children of the  Forest City.....        NC  Not to exceed
                                Foothills.                                                   $25,000.
D04RH23605...................  Nebraska Association of Local    Kearney.........       NE   Not to exceed
                                Health Directors.                                            $25,000.
D04RH23610...................  Public Health Solutions........  Crete...........       NE   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23597...................  Mary Hitchcock Memorial          Lebanon.........       NH   Not to exceed
                                Hospital/Dartmouth-Hitchcock                                 $25,000.
                                Medical Center.
D04RH23600...................  Mid-State Health Center........  Plymouth........       NH   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23607...................  North Country Health Consortium  Littleton.......       NH   Not to exceed
                                Inc.                                                         $25,000.
D04RH23559...................  Ben Archer Health Center.......  Hatch...........       NM   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23581...................  Hidalgo Medical Services.......  Lordsburg.......       NM   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23564...................  Chautauqua County Health         Jamestown.......       NY   Not to exceed
                                Network, Inc.                                                $25,000.
D04RH23565...................  Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc..  Dunkirk.........       NY   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23573...................  Fostoria Community Hospital....  Fostoria........       OH   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23617...................  Trinity Hospital Twin City.....  Dennison........       OH   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23587...................  La Clinica Del Carino..........  Hood River......       OR   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23613...................  Samaritan North Lincoln          Lincoln City....       OR   Not to exceed
                                Hospital.                                                    $25,000.
D04RH23557...................  Armstrong-Indiana Drug and       Shelocta........       PA   Not to exceed
                                Alcohol Commission, Inc.                                     $25,000.
D04RH26834...................  Community Guidance Center......  Indiana.........       PA   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23570...................  Delta Dental Plan of South       Pierre..........       SD   Not to exceed
                                Dakota.                                                      $25,000.
D04RH23612...................  Sacred Heart Health Service....  Yankton.........       SD   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23619...................  University of South Dakota.....  Vermillion......       SD   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23561...................  Buffalo Valley, Inc............  Hohenwald.......       TN   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23593...................  Madison County.................  Madisonville....       TX   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23577...................  Giles Free Clinic..............  Pearisburg......       VA   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23558...................  Behavioral Health Network of     Montpelier......       VT   Not to exceed
                                Vermont.                                                     $25,000.
D04RH23560...................  Bi-State Primary Care            Montpelier......       VT   Not to exceed
                                Association.                                                 $25,000.
D04RH23555...................  ABC for Rural Health, Inc......  Balsam Lake.....       WI   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
D04RH23575...................  Future Generations.............  Circleville.....       WV   Not to exceed
                                                                                             $25,000.
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    Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: $25,000/award
    Period of Supplemental Funding: To be used in the current fiscal 
year (FY) 2014 budget period
    CFDA Number: 93.912

    Authority:  Public Health Service Act, Section 330A (e) (42 
U.S.C. 254(c)), as amended.

    Justification: A greater proportion of rural residents lack health 
insurance in comparison to urban residents. With millions still 
uninsured, this supplemental funding will allow current Outreach 
grantees an opportunity to specifically employ and tailor ACA outreach 
and enrollment efforts to the uninsured population in rural communities 
for the upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period 
(November 15, 2014-February 15, 2015). Additionally, Outreach grantees 
will be able help educate the newly insured rural Americans about the 
health insurance coverage and care to which they now have access.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Kwon, MPH, Community Based 
Division, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17W29C, Rockville, MD 20857, 
phone: (301) 594-4205, or email: [email protected].

    Dated: August 7, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-19200 Filed 8-13-14; 8:45 am]
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