Health Resources and Services Administration October 1, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Class Deviation From Competition Requirements
Document Number: 2015-24965
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-01
Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health & Human Services
HRSA announces the award of a program expansion supplement in the amount of $70,000 each to ten Leadership Education in Neurodevelopment and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) grantees with existing graduate-level pediatric audiology programs. The purpose of the LEND Program is to enhance the clinical expertise and leadership skills of professionals dedicated to caring for children with neurodevelopmental and other related disabilities, including autism, and to increase the number of trained providers available to treat children with complex disabilities. The purpose of this notice is to award a 12-month supplement to LEND pediatric audiology programs to: (1) Strengthen the focus on testing for hearing loss in young infants and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other related neurodevelopmental disabilities (DD); and (2) to increase the number of pediatric audiology trainees with clinical and leadership skills to detect hearing loss in these infants/children, and to develop systems to increase enrollment of identified infants/children into early intervention programs.
National Organizations for State and Local Officials (NOSLO) Cooperative Agreement
Document Number: 2015-24964
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-01
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA will be providing supplemental funds to support activities for the Center for Health Policy/National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), to support the expanded program and costs for the Systems Integration Academy (SIA) that were not foreseen in the awardee's approved application. The supplemental funds will be used to augment the awardee's current activities to provide targeted technical assistance to a Learning Community of 16 states from awarded HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) State Implementation Grants for Enhancing the System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) through Systems Integration (D70). The purpose of this supplement is to expand the Learning Community and provide technical assistance to the D70 grantees to achieve a shared resource, cross-system care coordination, and MCH 3.0 alignment.
National Center for Medical Home Implementation Cooperative Agreement at the American Academy of Pediatrics
Document Number: 2015-24960
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-01
Agency: Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health & Human Services
HRSA announces its intent to award a program expansion supplement in the amount of $171,691 for the National Center for Medical Home Implementation (NCMHI) cooperative agreement. The purpose of the NCMHI cooperative agreement, as stated in the funding opportunity announcement, is to: (1) Support a national resource and technical assistance effort to implement and spread the medical home model to all children and youth, particularly children with special health care needs (CSHCN), children who are vulnerable and/or medically underserved, and pediatric populations served by state public health programs, HRSA, and HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB); and (2) support activities of the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) grantees to improve children's health through innovative community-based efforts, and community and statewide partnerships among professionals in health, education, social services, government, and business. The purpose of this notice is to announce the award of supplemental funds to enhance the Rural IMPACT project by supporting activities related to child health in rural and underserved communities by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the cooperative agreement awardee who serves as the NCMHI, during the budget period of July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016. The NCMHI is authorized by the Social Security Act, title V, sections 501(a)(1)(D) and 501(a)(2), (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(1)(D) and 701(a)(2)). The NCHMI is a national resource to implement and spread the medical home model to all children and youth, particularly children with special heath care needs and children who are vulnerable and/or medically underserved. The NCMHI supports activities of the HTPCP grantees to improve children's health through innovative community- based efforts, and community and statewide partnerships among professionals in health, education, social services, government, and business.
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; List of Petitions Received
Document Number: 2015-24951
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-10-01
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing this notice of petitions received under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (the Program), as required by Section 2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. While the Secretary of Health and Human Services is named as the respondent in all proceedings brought by the filing of petitions for compensation under the Program, the United States Court of Federal Claims is charged by statute with responsibility for considering and acting upon the petitions.
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