[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17177-17178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08257]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of a Supplemental Award to the Emergency Medical Services 
for Children Innovation and Improvement Center at the Baylor College of 
Medicine

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

ACTION: Notice of a supplemental award to the Emergency Medical 
Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center at the Baylor 
College of Medicine--Grant Number U07MC29829.

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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the award of a supplement for $500,000 to the 
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Innovation and 
Improvement Center. The supplement will permit the Baylor College of 
Medicine, the cooperative agreement recipient, to establish and lead a 
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Quality Improvement Collaborative to support the EMSC State Partnership 
Program during the budget period of 07/1/2018-06/30/2019. EMSC plans to 
increase the proportion of EMS agencies that have a designated 
individual responsible for the coordination of pediatric emergency care 
by 2020 to 30 percent.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Intended Recipient of the Award: Baylor College of Medicine.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award: $500,000.
    Period of Supplemental Funding: 07/01/2018-06/30/2019.
    CFDA Number: 93.127.
    Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, Section 1910 (42 
U.S.C. 300w-9); as amended by the Emergency Medical Services for 
Children Reauthorization Act of 2014, Public Law 113-180.
    Justification: Baylor College of Medicine's EMSC Innovation and 
Improvement Center (EIIC) provides technical assistance to State 
Partnership grantees on effective methods to improve EMS for pediatric 
patients within state and local EMS systems. Participant states will be 
supported by the EIIC through targeted technical assistance, the 
provision of tools and resources to support local efforts, and sharing 
of best practices. The EIIC will support the awarded states in 
participation in the following activities:

--Convene up to 10 state project teams awarded by HRSA comprised of the 
state EMSC manager and their state and local partners for one face-to-
face meeting and regular virtual meetings.
--Facilitate the development of a collective action plan representing 
the common methods and aims across the QI collaborative for outreach to 
EMS agencies.
--Provide a venue for participating states to share lessons learned and 
best practices in outreach design and implementation.
--Provide access to subject matter expertise to advise the QI 
collaborative on pediatric emergency care coordination in the pre-
hospital EMS setting.
--Provide technical assistance to up to 10 participating states as they 
implement the action plan designed through the QI collaborative.
--Facilitate an assessment at the end of the project to determine the 
number of EMS agencies that newly report having an individual 
responsible for coordinating pediatric emergency care.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Morrison-Quinata, Division of 
Child, Adolescent and Family Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 
HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18N54, Rockville, MD 20852, Phone: 301-
443-1527, Email: [email protected].

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                                                                                                      FY 2018
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    Grantee/organization name            Grant No.                State             authorized     supplemental
                                                                                   funding level      funding
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Baylor College of Medicine.......  U07MC29829..........  TX.....................      $1,500,000        $500,000
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    Dated: April 18, 2019.
George Sigounas,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-08257 Filed 4-23-19; 8:45 am]
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