[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76855-76856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21402]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Supplemental Funding, Poison Control Centers Program

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

ACTION: Notice of supplemental award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is awarding supplemental funds in fiscal year 2024 to 
provide coverage for calls to the toll-free Poison Help line that 
originate from Puerto Rico. The current program period of performance 
ends on August 31, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen Perkins, MPH; Team Lead; 
Poison Control Program; Division of Child, Adolescent and Family 
Health; Maternal and Child Health Bureau; HRSA, at [email protected] 
and 301-443-9163.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient(s) of the Award: New York City Health & 
Hospitals Corporation.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award(s): One award of $265,188.
    Project Period: September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025.
    Assistance Listing (CFDA) Number: 93.253.
    Award Instrument: Supplement for Poison Control Services.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300d-73 (title XII, 1273 of the Public Health 
Service Act).

                                       Table 1--Recipient and Award Amount
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                Grant No.                      Award recipient name               State            Award amount
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H4BHS15477...............................  New York City Health &        NY                             $265,188
                                            Hospitals Corporation.
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    Justification: This non-competitive supplement will award $265,188 
to New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation to fund the New York 
City Poison Control Center (NYCPCC) to provide coverage of calls to the 
toll-free Poison Help line originating from Puerto Rico from September 
1, 2024, through August 31, 2025. The Poison Control Program ensures 
that individuals can call a national toll-free Poison Help line (1-800-
222-1222) to connect to a local poison control center in a poisoning 
emergency. As required by statute, calls to the Poison Help line must 
be directed to poison control centers that are accredited. In the most 
recent Notice of Funding Opportunity, HRSA-24-045, no application was 
received to respond to calls from Puerto Rico. To ensure uninterrupted 
poison control center coverage for Puerto Rico, HRSA identified NYCPCC 
as an accredited center that is capable of responding to Puerto Rico's 
approximately 5,000 calls annually. NYCPCC historically has been able 
to provide temporary coverage for Puerto Rico's calls on an ad hoc 
basis and has the qualifications, experience, and personnel to do so on 
a longer-term basis. Funds will be used for project activities within 
the scope of the current award (as announced in HRSA-24-045); 
supplemental funds will support NYCPCC to provide coverage to calls to 
the Poison Help line originating from Puerto Rico for a period of 1 
year. Future funds for coverage for Puerto Rico may be made available 
in a Notice of Funding Opportunity for a project period of September 1, 
2025, to August 31, 2028, subject to the availability of funding for 
the activity.

Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-21402 Filed 9-18-24; 8:45 am]
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