[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 76 (Monday, April 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 21862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08204]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Medical Student Education Program; Notice of Deviation to Maximum 
Competition Requirements

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

ACTION: Notice of deviation to maximum competition requirements.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is requesting a deviation from competition requirements 
in order to fund additional applications received in fiscal year 2019 
under HRSA-19-101, Medical Student Education (MSE) Program, and to fund 
supplements to current award recipients. In fiscal year 2020, Congress 
provided $50,000,000 to fund the MSE program. The report language 
accompanying the appropriation directed HRSA to provide up to 
$35,000,000 to fund additional applications received from the MSE 
program in fiscal year 2019. Of the remaining amount, HRSA was directed 
to make supplementary grant awards to entities funded in fiscal year 
2019. HRSA proposes to fund each of the five unfunded applicants 
$7,000,000 over the four-year project period (July 1, 2020 through June 
30, 2024), and to provide $2,827,679 in upfront one year supplements to 
each of the five currently funded programs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harne, Chief, Medical Training 
and Geriatrics Branch, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of 
Health Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 11N110, Rockville, Maryland 
20857, Phone: (301) 443-7661, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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                                                         Amount of non-
          Intended recipients of the awards               competitive
                                                             awards
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Oklahoma State University............................         $2,827,679
University of South Alabama..........................          2,827,679
University of Missouri System........................          2,827,679
University of Oklahoma...............................          2,827,679
University of Arkansas System........................          2,827,679
University of Missouri System........................          7,000,000
University of Utah...................................          7,000,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham..................          7,000,000
University of Mississippi Medical Center.............          7,000,000
Trustees of Indiana University.......................          7,000,000
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    Period of Supplemental Funding: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.
    CFDA Number: 93.680.

    Authority: Division A of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020, Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-94).
    Justification: The funds will allow five additional institutions in 
the top quintile of states with a projected primary care provider 
shortage in 2025 to expand or support graduate education for medical 
students preparing to become physicians. It will also allow the five 
programs funded in fiscal year 2019 to receive supplements to support 
the development of medical school curricula, clinical training site 
partnerships, and faculty training programs, with the goal of educating 
medical students who are likely to choose career paths in primary care, 
especially for tribal communities, rural communities, and/or medically 
underserved communities.

Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-08204 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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