[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21958-21959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08482]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Non-Competitive One-Year Extension With Funds for Black Lung/Coal
Miner Clinics Program (H37) Current Grantee
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: HRSA will be issuing a non-competitive one-year extension with
funds for the Black Lung/Coal Miner Clinics Program awards to the
current grantees (included in attached chart), in amounts between
$299,000 and $1.5 million over the one-year extension project period.
The level of support is at the same annual rate that was authorized in
fiscal year (FY) 2012. The Black Lung/Coal Miner Clinics Program
supports projects that seek to prevent, monitor, and treat pulmonary
and respiratory diseases in active and inactive miners. This extension
with funds will allow the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) to
reassess the priorities and scope of the program. The extension will
also allow for greater pre-application technical assistance and
opportunity to ensure funding levels can adequately address target
population needs in various parts of the country.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grantees of record and intended award
amounts are included below.
Amount of the Award(s): Each of the current grantees will receive
support at the same annual rate that was authorized in FY 2012: between
$299,000 and $1.5 million.
CFDA Number: 93.965.
Current Project Period: 7/1/2010 through 6/30/2013.
Period of Additional Funding: 7/1/2013 through 6/30/2014.
Authority: Sec. 427(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act
of 1977, as amended, (30 U.S.C. 937)
Justification: HRSA is extending funding for the Black Lung/Coal
Miner Clinics Program grants by one year for the following reasons:
recent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH)
indicates that the prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP),
also known as black lung disease, is rising. In fact, a recent study of
2,000 coal miners from Utah to Pennsylvania showed five times as many
miners have CWP than ten years ago. Many miners are developing severe
CWP before 50 years of age, and there is some evidence that this is
being manifested as premature mortality. In addition, data from the
U.S. Department of Labor show the number of federal black lung benefits
claims has increased, suggesting that the disease is also leading to
increased significant, long-term disability.
This extension will allow the ORHP to consult providers, experts,
and federal partners to thoroughly reassess the priorities and scope of
the current program, while taking into account regulatory requirements.
It will also provide an opportunity to ensure funding levels as well as
program resources are most effectively coordinated with other federal
efforts to address growing target population needs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nadia Ibrahim, MA, LGSW, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 5A-05, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or email
[email protected].
Dated: April 4, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
Attachment
Intended Recipients
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Project Orig.
Organization Grant number State start start Revised FY10* FY11** FY12***
date date end date
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Mountain Comprehensive Health H37RH00050 KY 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 $582,993 $581,978 $580,040
Corporation, Inc.
Community Health of East Tennessee, H37RH00052 TN 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 191,097 190,082 188,144
Inc.
Shawnee Health Service and Development H37RH00053 IL 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 872,405 871,390 869,452
Corporation.
Ohio Department of Health............. H37RH00054 OH 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 661,909 660,894 658,965
John H. Strroger Hospital of Cook H37RH00055 IL 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 301,262 300,247 298,309
County.
Miner's Colfax Medical Center......... H37RH00057 NM 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 321,876 320,861 318,923
Northwest Community Action Programs... H37RH00058 WY 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 300,657 299,642 247,931
Altoona Hospital...................... H37RH00064 PA 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 260,086 259,071 257,133
National Jewish Health................ H37RH00066 CO 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 427,000 425,985 424,047
Alveoli Corporation................... H37RH00067 PA 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 149,656 148,641 146,703
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Birmingham Healthcare for the Homeless H37RH00068 AL 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 218,267 217,252 215,314
Coalition.
West Virginia Department of Health & H37RH00046 WV 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 1,504,940 1,503,925 1,501,700
Human Resources.
Centerville Clinics, Inc.............. H37RH00047 PA 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 333,403 332,388 330,450
St. Charles Health.................... H37RH00048 VA 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 567,663 566,648 564,710
Coal Miners Respiratory Clinic of H37RH00049 KY 7/1/10 6/30/13 6/30/14 353,471 352,456 350,518
Greenville (Muhlenberg Community
Hospital).
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* Each grantee received a $4,000 supplement, which is not reflected in the total funding for each organization.
** Each grantee received a $4,824 supplement, which is not reflected in the total funding for each organization.
*** Each grantee received a $5,337 supplement, which is not reflected in the total funding for each organization.
[FR Doc. 2013-08482 Filed 4-11-13; 8:45 am]
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