[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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