[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 32797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13865]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Center Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive Replacement Awards to Albany Area
Primary Health Care, Inc.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will
be transferring Health Center Program (section 330 of the Public Health
Service Act) Community Health Center (CHC), Increased Demand for
Services (IDS), and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funds originally
awarded to Unadilla Health Care Center, Inc., to Albany Area Primary
Health Care, Inc., to ensure the provision of critical primary health
care services to underserved populations in Dooly County, Georgia.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Former Grantee of Record: Unadilla Health Care Center, Inc.
Original Period of Grant Support: December 1, 2008, to November 30,
2010 (CHC); March 27, 2009, to March 26, 2011 (IDS); and June 29, 2009,
to June 28, 2011 (CIP).
Replacement Awardee: Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc.
Amount of Replacement Awards: The current awards for Unadilla
Health Care Center, Inc., were issued at $678,041 (CHC); $126,411
(IDS); and $316,325 (CIP). The amounts transferred will be the
remaining funds from those most recent awards.
Period of Replacement Awards: The period of support for the
replacement awards is the remaining time in the Health Center project
period ending on November 30, 2010 (CHC); March 26, 2011 (IDS); and
June 28, 2011 (CIP).
Authority: Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, 42
U.S.C. 254b.
CFDA Numbers: 93.224 and 93.703
Justification for the Exception to Competition
The former grantee, Unadilla Health Care Center, Inc. (UnaHealth),
notified HRSA that it was unable to carry out the administrative and
programmatic requirements to appropriately manage the grant funds and
indicated that it would be relinquishing the grant funds. UnaHealth is
unable to provide the necessary primary health care services in Dooly
County, Georgia, to the more than 3,000 low income, underserved and
uninsured individuals in the service area.
Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc. (AAPHC) is an experienced
provider of care and has a demonstrated record of compliance with the
Health Center Program statutory and regulatory requirements and is
located in the same geographical area. AAPHC will provide services to
the residents of Dooly County at a site proximate to UnaHealth's
current location. Community support for this transfer is demonstrated
by letters of support from three other existing section 330 grantees in
the service area, as well as a letter of support from the local Primary
Care Association.
This underserved target population has an immediate need for vital
primary health care services and would be negatively impacted by any
delay or disruption of services caused by a competition. As a result,
in order to ensure that critical primary health care services remain
available to the original target population without disruption, this
replacement award will not be competed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Spector via e-mail at
[email protected] or 301-594-4300.
Dated: June 3, 2010.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-13865 Filed 6-8-10; 8:45 am]
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