Notice2024-28748
Notice of Availability of Draft Health Center Program Scope Policy Manual Guidance
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Published
December 9, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
HRSA requests public comments on the Draft Health Center Program Scope of Project Manual (draft Scope Policy Manual). The draft Scope Policy Manual provides updated policy guidance on what constitutes the Health Center Program scope of project under the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 97629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28748]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of Availability of Draft Health Center Program Scope
Policy Manual Guidance
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: HRSA requests public comments on the Draft Health Center
Program Scope of Project Manual (draft Scope Policy Manual). The draft
Scope Policy Manual provides updated policy guidance on what
constitutes the Health Center Program scope of project under the Public
Health Service Act (PHS Act).
DATES: Submit comments no later than February 7, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Electronic comments should be submitted through the HRSA
Bureau of Primary Health Care Contact Form (<a href="https://hrsa.my.site.com/support/s/">https://hrsa.my.site.com/support/s/</a>), by selecting ``Comment on Draft Policy'' under the
``Policy'' section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Joseph, Office of Policy and
Program Development Director, Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e5454514d5b4e567e564c4d5f10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e98383869a8c9981a9819b9a88c78e869f">[email protected]</span></a> and 301-594-4300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft Scope Policy Manual (<a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bphc/compliance/draft-health-center-program-scope-project-manual">https://bphc.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bphc/compliance/draft-health-center-program-scope-project-manual</a>) updates Health Center Program scope of
project policy guidance for all health centers that apply for and
receive federal award (<a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual/glossary#federal-award">https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual/glossary#federal-award</a>) funds under the Health Center Program
subrecipient organization (sections 1861(aa)(4)(A)(ii) and
1905(l)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act; <a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual/glossary#subrecipient">https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual/glossary#subrecipient</a>), and Health Center
Program look-alikes (sections 1861(aa)(4)(B) and 1905(l)(2)(B) of the
Social Security Act; (<a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual/glossary#look-alike">https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual/glossary#look-alike</a>).
The draft Scope Policy Manual proposes new policy and clarifies
existing policy in key areas. Through the draft Scope Policy Manual,
HRSA updates the Health Center Program scope of project policy to
consolidate scope of project-related policy into a single policy
document to assist health centers in understanding scope of project,
statutory language and the Health Center Program Compliance Manual
(<a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual">https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliance-manual</a>).
The draft Scope Policy Manual does not include scope of project
process-related instructions. Instructions for documenting and updating
scope of project will continue to be available on the Health Center
Program Scope of Project web page (<a href="https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/scope-project">https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/scope-project</a>).
HRSA proposes that the final Scope Policy Manual supersede the
following previously issued scope of project Policy Information Notices
(PINs):
<bullet> PIN 2007-09: Service Area Overlap: Policy and Process
<bullet> PIN 2008-01: Defining Scope of Project and Policy for
Requesting Changes
<bullet> PIN 2009-02: Specialty Services and Health Centers' Scope of
Project
<bullet> PIN 2009-05: Policy for Special Populations-Only Grantees
Requesting a Change in Scope to Add a New Target Population
HRSA provides grants to eligible applicants under section 330 of
the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) to support the delivery of preventive and
primary care services to the nation's underserved individuals and
families. HRSA also designates eligible applicants as Health Center
Program look-alikes. Look-alikes do not receive Health Center Program
funding but must meet the Health Center Program statutory and
regulatory requirements. Nearly 1,400 Health Center Program-funded
health centers and more than 100 Health Center Program look-alike
organizations operate more than 15,000 service delivery sites that
provide care to more than 30.5 million patients in every U.S. state,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the
Pacific Basin. Note that for the purposes of this document, the term
``health center'' refers to entities that receive a federal award under
section 330 of the PHS Act, as well as subrecipients and organizations
designated as look-alikes, unless otherwise stated.
Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-28748 Filed 12-6-24; 8:45 am]
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