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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 (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HHS
periodically publishes in the Federal
Register low-income levels to be used
by institutions receiving grants and
cooperative agreements to determine
eligibility for programs providing
training for (1) disadvantaged
individuals, (2) individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds, or (3)
individuals from low-income families.
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. Awards
are generally made to accredited schools
of medicine, osteopathic medicine,
public health, dentistry, veterinary
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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 educational entities
to assist individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds to enter and graduate from
health professions and nursing schools.
Some programs provide for the
repayment of health professions or
nursing education loans for students
from disadvantaged backgrounds.
A ‘‘low-income family/household’’ for
programs included in Titles III, VII, and
VIII of the Public Health Service Act is
defined 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.
Most HRSA programs use the income
of a student’s parent(s) 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 funding
opportunities or applications.
Low-income levels are adjusted
annually based on HHS’s poverty
guidelines. HHS’s poverty guidelines
are based on poverty thresholds
published by the U.S. Census Bureau,
adjusted annually for changes in the
Consumer Price Index. The income
figures below have been updated to
reflect the Department’s 2021 poverty
guidelines as published in 86 FR 19
(February 1, 2021).
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2021 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Continued
Persons in family/household *
Income level **
8 ............................................
89,320
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$9,080 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2020.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2021 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR
ALASKA
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
Income level **
$32,180
43,540
54,900
66,260
77,620
88,980
100,340
111,700
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$11,360 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2020.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2021 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR HAWAII
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
Income level **
$29,640
40,080
50,520
60,960
71,400
81,840
92,280
102,720
For families with more than 8 persons, add
$10,440 for each additional person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal
income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year
2020.
LOW INCOME LEVELS BASED ON THE
2021 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE
Separate poverty guidelines figures
48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE for Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Economic Opportunity administrative
Persons in family/household *
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Income level **
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$25,760
34,840
43,920
53,000
62,080
71,160
80,240
practice beginning in the 1966–1970
period since the U.S. Census Bureau
poverty thresholds do not have separate
figures for Alaska and Hawaii. The
poverty guidelines are not defined for
Puerto Rico or other outlying
jurisdictions. Puerto Rico and other
outlying jurisdictions shall use income
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guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States
and the District of Columbia.
Diana Espinosa,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2021–04446 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is modifying a
department-wide system of records
titled HHS Correspondence, Customer
Service, and Contact List Records,
system no. 09–90–1901, to make certain
updates and to more clearly include
records about individuals who provide
comments and supporting documents to
HHS in response to HHS rulemakings
and other docketed proceedings. The
modifications include changing the
name of the system of records to HHS
Correspondence, Comment, Customer
Service, and Contact List Records.
DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4) and (11), this notice is
applicable March 4, 2021, subject to a
30-day period in which to comment on
the new and revised routine uses,
described below. Please submit any
comments by April 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The public should submit
written comments on this notice, by
mail or email, to Beth Kramer, HHS
Privacy Act Officer, 200 Independence
Ave. SW, Suite 729H, Washington, DC
20201, or beth.kramer@hhs.gov.
Comments will be available for public
viewing at the same location. To review
comments in person, please contact
Beth Kramer at beth.kramer@hhs.gov or
202–690–6941.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General questions may be submitted to
Beth Kramer, HHS Privacy Act Officer,
at 200 Independence Ave. SW, Suite
729H, Washington, DC 20201, or
beth.kramer@hhs.gov, or 202–690–6941.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background on System of Records
Notice (SORN) 09–90–1901
This department-wide system of
records covers records about individuals
within or outside HHS which are used
in managing HHS correspondence,
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public comments in docketed
proceedings, and customer service
functions, including help desk and call
center activities, dissemination of
publications, studies, opinions,
unrestricted datasets, and other
information, and mailing and contact
lists. SORN 09–90–1901 applies to such
records if they are retrieved by personal
identifier and are not covered by a more
specific SORN.
Examples of the records covered in
SORN 09–90–1901 include:
• Telephone and email directories
containing office contact records about
HHS employees, contractor personnel,
and other personnel working at HHS,
which are retrieved by the individuals’
names and used to locate them, route
mail to them, and communicate with
them regarding work matters.
• Official correspondence records
about individuals who contact, or are
contacted by, the Secretary or Deputy
Secretary of HHS or another HHS
official, or are the subject of the
correspondence, which are retrieved by
the correspondent’s or subject’s name
and used to control, track, and ensure
timely and appropriate attention to and
documentation of the correspondence.
Particular subsets of these records
include, for example:
Æ Records about individuals who
submit comments and supporting
documents in response to HHS
rulemakings and other docketed
proceedings and public notices, which
are retrieved by commenter name;
Æ Correspondence notifying members
of Congress of grants and other contracts
that HHS has awarded to individual
recipients in their districts, which are
retrieved by awardee name; and
Æ Records of requests about
individual constituents received from
members of Congress, which are
retrieved by constituent name and used
to track and respond to the requests.
• Mailing and contact list records
used to track and respond to requests
from, or otherwise interact with,
individual members of the public, when
the records are retrieved by personal
identifier. Examples include:
Æ Email lists and other contact lists
about individuals who ask to receive
health information from HHS in print
form, or to be notified of new and
upcoming publications or web postings,
or to subscribe to an online newsletter
issued by HHS.
Æ Customer engagement workflow
platform records containing account
records (i.e., contact information) and
case records (e.g., request processing
records) about frequent customers of
particular HHS offices, such as sole
proprietor members of the media who
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are frequent customers of HHS public
affairs offices.
• Contact records about individuals
who volunteer to serve as resource
persons to provide pro bono technical
assistance to community organizations
and government agencies working on
particular health-related matters or
campaigns
Examples of more specific SORNs,
which will continue to apply to
particular types of correspondence
records, contact list records, and
customer service records, include:
• Debt collection correspondence:
SORN 09–40–0012, Debt Management
and Collection System.
• Correspondence about complaints
filed with the HHS Office of Civil
Rights: SORN 09–90–0052, Program
Information Management System
(PIMS).
• Freedom of Information Act and
Privacy Act Correspondence: SORN 09–
90–0058, Tracking Records and Case
Files for FOIA and Privacy Act Requests
and Appeals.
• Medicare Customer Service records:
SORN 09–70–0535, 1–800 Medicare
(HELPLINE).
• List(s) of individuals ordering
provider educational materials or
registering for computer/Web-based
training courses, satellite broadcasts and
train-the-trainer sessions: SORN 09–70–
0542, Medicare Learning Network
(MLN).
• List of consultants available for use
in evaluation of National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute special grants and
contracts: SORN 09–25–0078,
Administration: Consultant File.
II. Modifications to SORN 09–90–1901
HHS is modifying the SORN to update
it and to ensure that it clearly and
adequately covers records about
individuals who submit comments and
supporting documents to HHS in
response to HHS rulemakings and other
docketed proceedings. HHS is also
expressly including customer
engagement platform records. The
modifications include:
• Including the word ‘‘Comment’’ in
the name of the system of records.
• Referring to ‘‘comments’’ or
‘‘commenters’’ in the Categories of
Individuals, Categories of Records,
Purpose(s), and Retrieval sections, and
referring to ‘‘customer engagement’’
records in the System Manager(s) and
Categories of Records sections.
• Including the General Services
Administration (GSA) in the System
Location section as the shared services
provider that operates systems HHS
uses to manage certain docket records.
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[FR Doc No: 2021-04446]
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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 (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HHS periodically publishes in the Federal
Register low-income levels to be used by institutions receiving grants
and cooperative agreements to determine eligibility for programs
providing training for (1) disadvantaged individuals, (2) individuals
from disadvantaged backgrounds, or (3) individuals from low-income
families.
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. Awards are
generally made 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 educational entities to assist individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and graduate from health professions
and nursing schools. Some programs provide for the repayment of health
professions or nursing education loans for students from disadvantaged
backgrounds.
A ``low-income family/household'' for programs included in Titles
III, VII, and VIII of the Public Health Service Act is defined 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.
Most HRSA programs use the income of a student's parent(s) 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
funding opportunities or applications.
Low-income levels are adjusted annually based on HHS's poverty
guidelines. HHS's poverty guidelines are based on poverty thresholds
published by the U.S. Census Bureau, adjusted annually for changes in
the Consumer Price Index. The income figures below have been updated to
reflect the Department's 2021 poverty guidelines as published in 86 FR
19 (February 1, 2021).
Low Income Levels Based on the 2021 Poverty Guidelines for the 48
Contiguous States and the District of Columbia
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income level
Persons in family/household * **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....................................................... $25,760
2....................................................... 34,840
3....................................................... 43,920
4....................................................... 53,000
5....................................................... 62,080
6....................................................... 71,160
7....................................................... 80,240
8....................................................... 89,320
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $9,080 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2020.
Low Income Levels Based on the 2021 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income level
Persons in family/household * **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....................................................... $32,180
2....................................................... 43,540
3....................................................... 54,900
4....................................................... 66,260
5....................................................... 77,620
6....................................................... 88,980
7....................................................... 100,340
8....................................................... 111,700
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $11,360 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2020.
Low Income Levels Based on the 2021 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income level
Persons in family/household * **
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....................................................... $29,640
2....................................................... 40,080
3....................................................... 50,520
4....................................................... 60,960
5....................................................... 71,400
6....................................................... 81,840
7....................................................... 92,280
8....................................................... 102,720
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For families with more than 8 persons, add $10,440 for each additional
person.
* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms.
** Adjusted gross income for calendar year 2020.
Separate poverty guidelines figures for Alaska and Hawaii reflect
Office of Economic Opportunity administrative practice beginning in the
1966-1970 period since the U.S. Census Bureau poverty thresholds do not
have separate figures for Alaska and Hawaii. The poverty guidelines are
not defined for Puerto Rico or other outlying jurisdictions. Puerto
Rico and other outlying jurisdictions shall use income
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guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia.
Diana Espinosa,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2021-04446 Filed 3-3-21; 8:45 am]
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