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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form name
Telehealth Resource Center Performance Data Collection
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
‘‘Low Income Levels’’ Used for Various
Health Professions and Nursing
Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII,
and VIII of the Public Health Service
Act
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
updating income levels used to identify
a ‘‘low income family’’ for the purpose
of determining eligibility for programs
that provide health professions and
nursing training to individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds. These
various programs are authorized in
Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public
Health Service Act.
The Department periodically
publishes in the Federal Register lowincome levels to be used by institutions
receiving grants and cooperative
agreements in order to determine
eligibility for programs providing
training for (1) disadvantaged
individuals, (2) individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds, or (3)
individuals from low-income families.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many
health professions and nursing grant
and cooperative agreement awardees
use the low-income levels to determine
whether potential program participants
are from an economically disadvantaged
background and would be eligible to
participate in the program, as well as to
determine the amount of funding the
individual receives. Federal agencies
generally make awards to: Accredited
schools of medicine, osteopathic
medicine, public health, dentistry,
veterinary medicine, optometry,
pharmacy, allied health, podiatric
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SUMMARY:
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Total burden
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42
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medicine, nursing, and chiropractic;
public or private nonprofit schools
which offer graduate programs in
behavioral health and mental health
practice; and other public or private
nonprofit health or education entities to
assist the disadvantaged to enter and
graduate from health professions and
nursing schools. Some programs
provide for the repayment of health
professions or nursing education loans
for disadvantaged students.
The Secretary defines a ‘‘low-income
family/household’’ for programs
included in Titles III, VII, and VIII of the
Public Health Service Act as having an
annual income that does not exceed 200
percent of the Department’s poverty
guidelines. A family is a group of two
or more individuals related by birth,
marriage, or adoption who live together.
On June 26, 2013, in U.S. v. Windsor,
133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013), the Supreme
Court held that section 3 of the Defense
of Marriage Act, which prohibited
federal recognition of same-sex spouses
and same-sex marriages, was
unconstitutional. In light of this
decision, please note that in
determining eligibility for these
programs, same-sex marriages and samesex spouses will be recognized on equal
terms with opposite-sex marriages and
opposite-sex spouses, regardless of
where the couple resides. This approach
is consistent with a post-Windsor policy
of treating same-sex marriages on the
same terms as opposite sex marriages to
the greatest extent reasonably possible.
Thus, a ‘‘family or household’’ includes
same-sex spouses that are legally
married in a jurisdiction that recognizes
same-sex marriage regardless of whether
the same-sex spouses live in a
jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex
marriage or a jurisdiction that does not
recognize same-sex marriage as well as
the family members that result from
such same-sex marriage.
Most HRSA programs use the income
of a student’s parents to compute low
income status. However, a ‘‘household’’
may potentially be only one person.
Other HRSA programs, depending upon
the legislative intent of the program, the
programmatic purpose related to income
level, as well as the age and
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circumstances of the participant, will
apply these low income standards to the
individual student to determine
eligibility, as long as he or she is not
listed as a dependent on the tax form of
his or her parent(s). Each program
announces the rationale and choice of
methodology for determining low
income levels in program guidance.
The Secretary annually adjusts the
low-income levels based on the
Department’s poverty guidelines and
makes them available to persons
responsible for administering the
applicable programs. The Department’s
poverty guidelines are based on poverty
thresholds published by the U.S. Bureau
of the Census, adjusted annually for
changes in the Consumer Price Index.
The income figures below have been
updated to reflect the Department’s
2016 poverty guidelines as published in
81 FR 15 (January 25, 2016).
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2016 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
THE 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
Income
level **
$23,760
32,040
40,320
48,600
56,880
65,160
73,460
81,780
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$8,320 for each additional person. * Includes
only dependents listed on federal income tax
forms. ** Adjusted gross income for calendar
year 2015.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2016 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
ALASKA
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
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Income
level **
$29,680
40,040
50,400
60,760
71,120
81,480
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The meeting will be closed to the
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2016 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
ALASKA—Continued
Income
level **
Persons in family/household *
7 ..............................................
8 ..............................................
91,840
102,240
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$10,400 for each additional person. * Includes
only dependents listed on federal income tax
forms. ** Adjusted gross income for calendar
year 2015.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2016 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
HAWAII
Income
level **
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
$27,340
36,860
46,380
55,900
65,420
74,940
84,460
94,020
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$9,560 for each additional person. * Includes
only dependents listed on federal income tax
forms. ** Adjusted gross income for calendar
year 2015.
Separate poverty guidelines figures
for Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of
Economic Opportunity administrative
practice beginning in the 1966–1970
period. (Note that the Census Bureau
poverty thresholds—the version of the
poverty measure used for statistical
purposes—have never had separate
figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The
poverty guidelines are not defined for
Puerto Rico or other outlying
jurisdictions. Puerto Rico or other
outlying jurisdictions shall use income
guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States
and the District of Columbia.
Dated: March 1, 2016.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Minority Health
and Health Disparities Notice of Closed
Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meeting.
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552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable materials,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute on
Minority Health and Health Disparities
Special Emphasis Panel, Behavioral
Interventions to Prevent HIV in Diverse
Adolescent Men Who Have Sex with Men
(U01).
Date: April 4, 2016.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Two
Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy
Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone
Conference Call)
Contact Person: Deborah Ismond, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Division of
Scientific Programs, National Institute on
Minority Health and Health Disparities,
National Institutes of Health, 6707
Democracy Blvd., Suite 800, Bethesda, MD
20892, (301) 402–1366, ismonddr@
mail.nih.gov.
Dated: March 2, 2016.
David Clary,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016–05023 Filed 3–7–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Minority Health
and Health Disparities; Notice of
Closed Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable materials,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute on
Minority Health and Health Disparities
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Special Emphasis Panel, NIMHD
Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for
Health Disparities Research on Chronic
Disease Prevention (U54).
Date: April 5–April 6, 2016.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: Hilton Washington/Rockville, 1750
Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
Contact Person: Maryline Laude-Sharp,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, National
Institute on Minority Health and Health
Disparities, National Institutes of Health,
6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 800, Bethesda,
MD 20892, (301) 451–9536, mlaudesharp@
mail.nih.gov.
Dated: March 2, 2016.
David Clary,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases;
Notice of Closed Meetings
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
hereby given of the following meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The grant applications and
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial
property such as patentable material,
and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
applications, the disclosure of which
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Institute of
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases Special Emphasis Panel, NIAMS
AMSC Clinical Trials Conflict Review
Meeting.
Date: March 25, 2016.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: NIAMS Conference Room 803, 6701
Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892,
(Teleconference).
Contact Person: Helen Lin, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Branch, National Institute of Arthritis,
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH,
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 800,
Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–594–4952, linh1@
mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Institute of
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
``Low Income Levels'' Used for Various Health Professions and
Nursing Programs Authorized in Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public
Health Service Act
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is
updating income levels used to identify a ``low income family'' for the
purpose of determining eligibility for programs that provide health
professions and nursing training to individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds. These various programs are authorized in Titles III, VII,
and VIII of the Public Health Service Act.
The Department periodically publishes in the Federal Register low-
income levels to be used by institutions receiving grants and
cooperative agreements in order to determine eligibility for programs
providing training for (1) disadvantaged individuals, (2) individuals
from disadvantaged backgrounds, or (3) individuals from low-income
families.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many health professions and nursing grant
and cooperative agreement awardees use the low-income levels to
determine whether potential program participants are from an
economically disadvantaged background and would be eligible to
participate in the program, as well as to determine the amount of
funding the individual receives. Federal agencies generally make awards
to: Accredited schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, public
health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, allied
health, podiatric medicine, nursing, and chiropractic; public or
private nonprofit schools which offer graduate programs in behavioral
health and mental health practice; and other public or private
nonprofit health or education entities to assist the disadvantaged to
enter and graduate from health professions and nursing schools. Some
programs provide for the repayment of health professions or nursing
education loans for disadvantaged students.
The Secretary defines a ``low-income family/household'' for
programs included in Titles III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health
Service Act as having an annual income that does not exceed 200 percent
of the Department's poverty guidelines. A family is a group of two or
more individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live
together. On June 26, 2013, in U.S. v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013),
the Supreme Court held that section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act,
which prohibited federal recognition of same-sex spouses and same-sex
marriages, was unconstitutional. In light of this decision, please note
that in determining eligibility for these programs, same-sex marriages
and same-sex spouses will be recognized on equal terms with opposite-
sex marriages and opposite-sex spouses, regardless of where the couple
resides. This approach is consistent with a post-Windsor policy of
treating same-sex marriages on the same terms as opposite sex marriages
to the greatest extent reasonably possible. Thus, a ``family or
household'' includes same-sex spouses that are legally married in a
jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex marriage regardless of whether
the same-sex spouses live in a jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex
marriage or a jurisdiction that does not recognize same-sex marriage as
well as the family members that result from such same-sex marriage.
Most HRSA programs use the income of a student's parents to compute
low income status. However, a ``household'' may potentially be only one
person. Other HRSA programs, depending upon the legislative intent of
the program, the programmatic purpose related to income level, as well
as the age and circumstances of the participant, will apply these low
income standards to the individual student to determine eligibility, as
long as he or she is not listed as a dependent on the tax form of his
or her parent(s). Each program announces the rationale and choice of
methodology for determining low income levels in program guidance.
The Secretary annually adjusts the low-income levels based on the
Department's poverty guidelines and makes them available to persons
responsible for administering the applicable programs. The Department's
poverty guidelines are based on poverty thresholds published by the
U.S. Bureau of the Census, adjusted annually for changes in the
Consumer Price Index. The income figures below have been updated to
reflect the Department's 2016 poverty guidelines as published in 81 FR
15 (January 25, 2016).
Low Income Levels Based On The 2016 Poverty Guidelines For The 48
Contiguous States And The District Of Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Persons in family/household * Income level **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1........................................ $23,760
2........................................ 32,040
3........................................ 40,320
4........................................ 48,600
5........................................ 56,880
6........................................ 65,160
7........................................ 73,460
8........................................ 81,780
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $8,320 for each additional
person. * Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2015.
Low Income Levels Based On The 2016 Poverty Guidelines For Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Persons in family/household * Income level **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1........................................ $29,680
2........................................ 40,040
3........................................ 50,400
4........................................ 60,760
5........................................ 71,120
6........................................ 81,480
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7........................................ 91,840
8........................................ 102,240
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $10,400 for each additional
person. * Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2015.
Low Income Levels Based On The 2016 Poverty Guidelines For Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Persons in family/household * Income level **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1........................................ $27,340
2........................................ 36,860
3........................................ 46,380
4........................................ 55,900
5........................................ 65,420
6........................................ 74,940
7........................................ 84,460
8........................................ 94,020
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $9,560 for each additional
person. * Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2015.
Separate poverty guidelines figures for Alaska and Hawaii reflect
Office of Economic Opportunity administrative practice beginning in the
1966-1970 period. (Note that the Census Bureau poverty thresholds--the
version of the poverty measure used for statistical purposes--have
never had separate figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The poverty
guidelines are not defined for Puerto Rico or other outlying
jurisdictions. Puerto Rico or other outlying jurisdictions shall use
income guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of
Columbia.
Dated: March 1, 2016.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-05084 Filed 3-7-16; 8:45 am]
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