[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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