[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10102-10103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05045]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of Single Source Award Based on Non-Statutory Earmark to
the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of the Delta Region Community Health Systems
Development program is to support collaboration with and input from the
Delta Regional Authority to develop a pilot program to help underserved
rural communities in the Delta region identify and better address their
health care needs and to help small rural hospitals improve their
financial and operational performance. The Federal Office of Rural
Health Policy (FORHP), Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriations increased
the funding line that supports the Delta Region Community Health
Systems Development program by $4,000,000. This increases the overall
FY 2019 award for the Delta program from $4,000,000 to $8,000,000. The
current award recipient has a need for additional funds to support
activities performed under the scope of this program. The current award
recipient will use a multipronged approach to deliver phased-in
technical assistance (TA), in an effort to provide intensive assistance
to all eight Delta Region communities.
ADDRESSES: Further information on the Delta Region Community Health
Systems Development Program is available at: https://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/programopportunities/fundingopportunities/?id=8d869eff-0bca-4703-a821-88a9f0433b73.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Moscato, Program Coordinator,
Delta Region Community Health Systems Development, FORHP, HRSA,
[email protected], (301) 443-0385.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Delta Region Community Health Systems Development program is
authorized by Section 711(b) of the Social Security Act, (42 U.S.C. 912
(b)), as amended.
The Delta Region Community Health Systems Development program was
announced under HRSA Funding Opportunity Announcement Number HRSA-17-
117. In FY 2017, HRSA funded this program at up to $2,000,000 per year,
to one awardee, the Rural Health Resource Center, for a period of
performance of up-to three years. In FY 2018, the House Report 115-244
and Senate Report 115-150 for Division H of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-141) provided an additional
$2,000,000 in funding to the
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Delta program line. This resulted in an increase in appropriations to
$4,000,000 per year in FY 2018.
The FY 2019, House Report 115-244 and Senate Report 115-150 for
Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 115-
141) provided an additional $4,000,000 in funding to the Delta program
line. For FY 2019, HRSA will increase the maximum funding per year for
the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development to $8,000,000 per
year for one award recipient. This program started on September 30,
2017, and ends on September 29, 2020.
Conclusion
HRSA believes that the current award recipient needs a higher level
of funding to better assist small rural hospitals improve their
financial and operational performance. In addition, the current award
recipient will be expected to develop and implement a multipronged
approach to deliver phased-in TA in an effort to provide intensive
assistance to all eight Delta Region communities.
Dated: March 13, 2019.
George Sigounas,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-05045 Filed 3-18-19; 8:45 am]
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