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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Lists of Designated Primary Medical
Care, Mental Health, and Dental Health
Professional Shortage Areas
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice informs the public
of the availability of the complete lists
of all geographic areas, population
groups, and facilities designated as
primary medical care, dental health, and
mental health professional shortage
areas (HPSAs) in a designated status as
of October 15, 2024. The lists are
available on the shortage area topic page
on HRSA’s data.hrsa.gov website.
ADDRESSES: Complete lists of HPSAs
designated as of October 15, 2024, are
available on the website at https://
data.hrsa.gov/tools/health-workforce/
shortage-areas/frn. Frequently updated
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information on HPSAs is available at
https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/healthworkforce/health-workforce-shortageareas. Information on shortage
designations is available at https://
bhw.hrsa.gov/workforce-shortage-areas/
shortage-designation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on the HPSA
designations listed on the website or to
request additional designation,
withdrawal, or reapplication for
designation, please contact Dr. Shelby
Hockenberry, Branch Chief, Shortage
Designation Branch, Division of Policy
and Shortage Designation, Bureau of
Health Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, sdb@
hrsa.gov, (301) 443–1993.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 332 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. 254e,
provides that the Secretary shall
designate HPSAs based on criteria
established by regulation. HPSAs are
defined in section 332 to include (1)
urban and rural geographic areas with
shortages of health professionals, (2)
population groups with such shortages,
and (3) facilities with such shortages.
Section 332 further requires that the
Secretary annually publish lists of the
designated geographic areas, population
groups, and facilities. The lists of
HPSAs are to be reviewed at least
annually and revised as necessary.
Final regulations (42 CFR part 5) were
published on November 17, 1980 (45 FR
75996), that include the criteria for
designating HPSAs. Criteria were
defined for seven health professional
types: primary medical care, dental,
psychiatric, vision care, podiatric,
pharmacy, and veterinary care. The
criteria for correctional facility HPSAs
were published on October 29, 1987 (52
FR 41594), and revised March 2, 1989
(54 FR 8735). The criteria for psychiatric
HPSAs were expanded to mental health
HPSAs on January 22, 1992 (57 FR
2473). Currently funded PHS Act
programs use only the primary medical
care, mental health, or dental HPSA or
relevant sub-score designations such as
Maternity Care Target Areas.
HPSA designation offers access to
potential federal assistance. Public or
private nonprofit entities are eligible to
apply for assignment of National Health
Service Corps personnel to provide
primary medical care, mental health, or
dental health services in or to these
HPSAs. National Health Service Corps
health professionals enter into service
agreements to serve in federally
designated HPSAs. Entities with clinical
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training sites located in HPSAs are
eligible to receive priority for certain
residency training program grants
administered by HRSA. Other federal
programs also utilize HPSA
designations. For example, under
authorities administered by the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
certain qualified providers in
geographic area HPSAs are eligible for
increased levels of Medicare
reimbursement.
Content and Format of Lists
The three lists of designated HPSAs
are available on the HRSA Data
Warehouse shortage area topic web page
and include a snapshot of all geographic
areas, population groups, and facilities
that were designated HPSAs as of
October 15, 2024. This notice
incorporates the most recent annual
reviews of designated HPSAs and
supersedes the HPSA lists published in
the Federal Register on July 1, 2024, (89
FR 54471/Document Number 2024–
14477). That publication served as a
notice that if those HPSAs in a proposed
for withdrawal status were not reevaluated and/or continued to not meet
designation requirements by the time
the HPSA Federal Register notice
published on or before November 1,
2024, they would be withdrawn.
In addition, all Indian tribes that meet
the definition of such tribes in the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act of
1976, 25 U.S.C. 1603, are automatically
designated as population groups with
primary medical care and dental health
professional shortages. Further, the
Health Care Safety Net Amendments of
2002 provides eligibility for automatic
facility HPSA designations for all
federally qualified health centers
(FQHCs) and rural health clinics that
offer services regardless of ability to
pay. Specifically, these entities include
FQHCs funded under section 330 of the
PHS Act, FQHC Look-Alikes, and tribal
and urban Indian clinics operating
under the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450) or the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act. Many, but not all, of
these entities are included on this
listing. Absence from this list does not
exclude them from HPSA designation;
facilities eligible for automatic
designation are included in the database
when they are identified.
Each list of designated HPSAs is
arranged by state. Within each state, the
list is presented by county. If only a
portion (or portions) of a county is (are)
designated, a county is part of a larger
designated service area, or a population
group residing in a county or a facility
located in the county has been
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designated, the name of the service area,
population group, or facility involved is
listed under the county name. A county
that has a whole county geographic or
population group HPSA is indicated by
the phrase ‘‘County’’ following the
county name.
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Development of the Designation and
Withdrawal Lists
HRSA continuously receives requests
for designation or withdrawal of a
particular geographic area, population
group, or facility as a HPSA. Under a
Cooperative Agreement between HRSA
and the 54 state and territorial primary
care offices (PCOs), PCOs conduct needs
assessments and submit applications to
HRSA to designate HPSAs. HRSA refers
requests that come from other sources to
PCOs for review. In addition, interested
parties, including governors, state
primary care associations, and state
professional associations, are notified of
requests so that they may submit their
comments and recommendations.
HRSA reviews each recommendation
for possible addition, continuation,
revision, or withdrawal. Following
review, HRSA notifies the appropriate
agency, individuals, and interested
organizations of each designation of a
HPSA, rejection of recommendation for
HPSA designation, revision of a HPSA
designation, and/or advance notice of
pending withdrawals from the HPSA
list. Designations (or revisions of
designations) are effective as of the date
on the notification from HRSA and are
updated daily on the HRSA Data
Warehouse website. The effective date
of a withdrawal will be the next
publication of a notice regarding the list
of designated HPSAs in the Federal
Register.
reasonable accommodations to view the
meeting, should notify the Contact
Person listed below in advance of the
meeting. The meeting can be accessed
from the NIH Videocast at the following
link: https://videocast.nih.gov/.
Name of Committee: Interagency Pain
Research Coordinating Committee.
Date: December 4, 2024.
Time: 10:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(ET).
Agenda: Interagency Pain Research
Coordinating Committee member updates
and other committee business, including
Federal Pain Research Strategy research
progress, communication and dissemination
strategies, and workgroup updates.
Webcast Live: https://videocast.nih.gov/.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Building 31, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD
20892 (Virtual Meeting).
Contact Person: Leah Pogorzala, Ph.D.,
Policy Analyst, Office of Pain Policy and
Planning, Office of the Director, National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, Phone:
(301) 496–4228, Email: leah.pogorzala@
nih.gov.
Any interested person may file
written comments with the committee
by forwarding the statement to the
Contact Person listed on this notice. The
statement should include the name,
address, telephone number and when
applicable, the business or professional
affiliation of the interested person.
Written comments should be submitted
to the contact person by 5:00 p.m. ET on
November 27, 2024.
Information is also available on the
IPRCC website https://iprcc.nih.gov,
where an agenda and any additional
information for the meeting will be
posted when available.
Diana Espinosa,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
Dated: October 30, 2024.
Lauren A. Fleck,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Meeting
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Closed Meetings
Pursuant to section 1009 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the Interagency Pain
Research Coordinating Committee.
The meeting will be held as a virtual
meeting and will be open to the public
as indicated below. Individuals who
plan to view the virtual meeting and
need special assistance or other
Pursuant to section 1009 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, notice is hereby given of the
following Meetings.
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public in accordance with the
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and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the grant
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would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member
Conflict: Developmental Biology.
Date: December 2, 2024.
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Address: National Institutes of Health,
Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892.
Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
Contact Person: Anne Marie Strohecker,
Ph.D., Center for Scientific Review, National
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stroheckeram@csr.nih.gov.
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Date: December 3–4, 2024.
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Address: National Institutes of Health,
Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892.
Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
Contact Person: Tara Roshell Earl, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1007C,
Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 402–6857, earltr@
mail.nih.gov.
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Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small
Business: Microbial Diagnostics, Detection
and Decontamination.
Date: December 3–4, 2024.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Address: National Institutes of Health,
Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892.
Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
Contact Person: Shinako Takada, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD
20892, 301–827–5997, shinako.takada@
nih.gov.
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Conflict: Special topics in Mechanistic and
Clinical Neuroscience.
Date: December 3, 2024.
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Address: National Institutes of Health 6701
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Meeting Format: Virtual Meeting.
Contact Person: Suzan Nadi, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of
Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5217B,
MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–
1259, nadis@csr.nih.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Lists of Designated Primary Medical Care, Mental Health, and
Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of the availability of the
complete lists of all geographic areas, population groups, and
facilities designated as primary medical care, dental health, and
mental health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) in a designated
status as of October 15, 2024. The lists are available on the shortage
area topic page on HRSA's data.hrsa.gov website.
ADDRESSES: Complete lists of HPSAs designated as of October 15, 2024,
are available on the website at https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/health-workforce/shortage-areas/frn. Frequently updated information on HPSAs
is available at https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/health-workforce/health-workforce-shortage-areas. Information on shortage designations is
available at https://bhw.hrsa.gov/workforce-shortage-areas/shortage-designation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the HPSA
designations listed on the website or to request additional
designation, withdrawal, or reapplication for designation, please
contact Dr. Shelby Hockenberry, Branch Chief, Shortage Designation
Branch, Division of Policy and Shortage Designation, Bureau of Health
Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
[email protected], (301) 443-1993.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 332 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. 254e,
provides that the Secretary shall designate HPSAs based on criteria
established by regulation. HPSAs are defined in section 332 to include
(1) urban and rural geographic areas with shortages of health
professionals, (2) population groups with such shortages, and (3)
facilities with such shortages. Section 332 further requires that the
Secretary annually publish lists of the designated geographic areas,
population groups, and facilities. The lists of HPSAs are to be
reviewed at least annually and revised as necessary.
Final regulations (42 CFR part 5) were published on November 17,
1980 (45 FR 75996), that include the criteria for designating HPSAs.
Criteria were defined for seven health professional types: primary
medical care, dental, psychiatric, vision care, podiatric, pharmacy,
and veterinary care. The criteria for correctional facility HPSAs were
published on October 29, 1987 (52 FR 41594), and revised March 2, 1989
(54 FR 8735). The criteria for psychiatric HPSAs were expanded to
mental health HPSAs on January 22, 1992 (57 FR 2473). Currently funded
PHS Act programs use only the primary medical care, mental health, or
dental HPSA or relevant sub-score designations such as Maternity Care
Target Areas.
HPSA designation offers access to potential federal assistance.
Public or private nonprofit entities are eligible to apply for
assignment of National Health Service Corps personnel to provide
primary medical care, mental health, or dental health services in or to
these HPSAs. National Health Service Corps health professionals enter
into service agreements to serve in federally designated HPSAs.
Entities with clinical training sites located in HPSAs are eligible to
receive priority for certain residency training program grants
administered by HRSA. Other federal programs also utilize HPSA
designations. For example, under authorities administered by the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, certain qualified providers
in geographic area HPSAs are eligible for increased levels of Medicare
reimbursement.
Content and Format of Lists
The three lists of designated HPSAs are available on the HRSA Data
Warehouse shortage area topic web page and include a snapshot of all
geographic areas, population groups, and facilities that were
designated HPSAs as of October 15, 2024. This notice incorporates the
most recent annual reviews of designated HPSAs and supersedes the HPSA
lists published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2024, (89 FR 54471/
Document Number 2024-14477). That publication served as a notice that
if those HPSAs in a proposed for withdrawal status were not re-
evaluated and/or continued to not meet designation requirements by the
time the HPSA Federal Register notice published on or before November
1, 2024, they would be withdrawn.
In addition, all Indian tribes that meet the definition of such
tribes in the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 1976, 25 U.S.C.
1603, are automatically designated as population groups with primary
medical care and dental health professional shortages. Further, the
Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 provides eligibility for
automatic facility HPSA designations for all federally qualified health
centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics that offer services regardless
of ability to pay. Specifically, these entities include FQHCs funded
under section 330 of the PHS Act, FQHC Look-Alikes, and tribal and
urban Indian clinics operating under the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450) or the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act. Many, but not all, of these entities are included on
this listing. Absence from this list does not exclude them from HPSA
designation; facilities eligible for automatic designation are included
in the database when they are identified.
Each list of designated HPSAs is arranged by state. Within each
state, the list is presented by county. If only a portion (or portions)
of a county is (are) designated, a county is part of a larger
designated service area, or a population group residing in a county or
a facility located in the county has been
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designated, the name of the service area, population group, or facility
involved is listed under the county name. A county that has a whole
county geographic or population group HPSA is indicated by the phrase
``County'' following the county name.
Development of the Designation and Withdrawal Lists
HRSA continuously receives requests for designation or withdrawal
of a particular geographic area, population group, or facility as a
HPSA. Under a Cooperative Agreement between HRSA and the 54 state and
territorial primary care offices (PCOs), PCOs conduct needs assessments
and submit applications to HRSA to designate HPSAs. HRSA refers
requests that come from other sources to PCOs for review. In addition,
interested parties, including governors, state primary care
associations, and state professional associations, are notified of
requests so that they may submit their comments and recommendations.
HRSA reviews each recommendation for possible addition,
continuation, revision, or withdrawal. Following review, HRSA notifies
the appropriate agency, individuals, and interested organizations of
each designation of a HPSA, rejection of recommendation for HPSA
designation, revision of a HPSA designation, and/or advance notice of
pending withdrawals from the HPSA list. Designations (or revisions of
designations) are effective as of the date on the notification from
HRSA and are updated daily on the HRSA Data Warehouse website. The
effective date of a withdrawal will be the next publication of a notice
regarding the list of designated HPSAs in the Federal Register.
Diana Espinosa,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
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