[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58546-58547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23074]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
State System Development Initiative (SSDI) Grant Program; Single-
Case Deviation From Competition Requirements
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Single-Case Deviation from Competition Requirements
for the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Bureau's States System
Development Initiative (SSDI) Grant.
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SUMMARY: HRSA will be issuing a non-competitive program expansion
supplement for one State SSDI Grant. Approximately $82,332 in
supplemental funding will be made available in the form of a grant to
the Department of Health Care Services, Sacramento, California, Grant
Number H18MC24474, during the budget period of December 1, 2012,
through November 30, 2013.
The SSDI Grant program, CFDA No. 93.110, is authorized by Title V,
Social Security Act, Section 501(a)(2); as amended (42 U.S.C.
701(a)(2)).
The SSDI Grant program was developed to complement the Title V MCH
Services Block Grant program by assisting state MCH and Children with
Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) programs in the building of state
data capacity and infrastructure that support comprehensive, community-
based systems of care for all children and their families. SSDI grants
to states are intended to not only advance and strengthen data capacity
by directing grant resources towards Title V MCH Block Grant program's
Health Systems Capacity Indicator (HSCI) 09A (i.e., the
ability of states to assure that the MCH programs and Title V agency
have access to policy and program relevant information and data), but
also to move states forward in developing improved capacity for
reporting standardized and quality data that is timely.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: Department of Health Care
Services, Sacramento, California.
Amount of the Non-Competitive Award: $82,332.
CFDA Number: 93.110.
Current Project Period: 05/01/2012-11/30/2014.
Period of Supplemental Funding: 12/01/2012-11/30/2013.
Authority: Title V, Social Security Act, Section 501(a)(2); as
amended (42 U.S.C. 701).
Justification: Consistent with its legislative purpose to improve
the health of all mothers and children, a key objective of the Title V
MCH Block Grant program is to reduce maternal mortality. Due to small
numbers for many states, maternal mortality cannot be universally
tracked whereas severe, life-threatening maternal morbidity is at least
100 times as common and may be tracked annually for all states.
Although a severe maternal morbidity index has been developed using
administrative hospital discharge data, a validation in comparison to
medical records is needed to determine whether its accuracy is
sufficient for use as a national performance measure reported at the
state level.
The California Title V MCH program has been a leader in assessing
maternal mortality and conducting maternal mortality reviews. In
particular, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC)
is the oldest and largest maternity care collaborative in the country
with a longstanding track record of analyzing maternal health data and
developing metrics to improve clinical practice and prevent maternal
death and injury. The promising work that the California Title V
program is doing stands to benefit not only the state but all state MCH
programs in promoting a better understanding of the causes of maternal
mortality/morbidity and in offering potential solutions. Based on their
prior work, established data networks, and sheer size of their birth
cohort, the State of California is uniquely qualified to evaluate and
make recommendations for a state-level severe maternal morbidity
measure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Snyder, MPH, Division of State
and Community Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health
Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-31,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; [email protected].
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FY 2013
FY 2013 estimated
Grantee/organization name Grant No. State authorized supplemental
funding level funding
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Department of Health Care Services..... H18MC24474 CA..................... $100,000 $82,332
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Dated: September 17, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-23074 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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