Final Definition, and Final Funding Priority and Special Consideration for Grants for Faculty Training Projects in Geriatric Medicine and Dentistry for Fiscal Year 1994

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Final Definition, and Final Funding Priority and Special

Consideration for Grants for Faculty Training Projects in Geriatric

Medicine and Dentistry for Fiscal Year 1994

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces

the final definition and final funding priority and special

consideration for fiscal year (FY) 1994 Grants for Faculty Training

Projects in Geriatric Medicine and Dentistry funded under the authority

of section 777(b), title VII of the Public Health Service Act, as

amended by the Health Professions Education Extension Amendments of

1992, Public Law 102-408, dated October 13, 1992.

Purpose

Section 777(b) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the

Secretary to make grants for the purpose of providing support

(including residencies, traineeships, and fellowships) for geriatric

training projects to train physicians and dentists who plan to teach

geriatric medicine, geriatric psychiatry, or geriatric dentistry.

A proposed notice was published in the Federal Register on July 20,

1993 at 58 FR 38776. A definition, funding priority and special

consideration were proposed for public comment. No comments were

received during the comment period. Therefore, the definition, funding

priority and special consideration are retained as proposed. The final

definition, funding priority and special consideration are listed

below.

Final Definition

``Relevant advanced training or experience'' is defined as at least

one of the following:

(a) Completion of at least a 12-month graduate training program in

a health-related discipline, the basic sciences, or education; or

(b) A minimum of 2 years of clinical practice, of which at least 12

months were devoted in part to managing older dental patients in a

hospital, long-term care facility, or other setting.

Final Funding Priority

A funding priority will be given to applications that demonstrate

linkages for the purpose of providing training experiences to educators

in the care of minority or low-income elderly. Eligible training sites

include Area Health Education Centers, community and migrant health

centers, community mental health centers, Native American clinics,

Native Hawaiian clinics, state or local health departments, public

health clinics, rural hospitals and clinics, and home health agencies

and long-term care facilities that accept Medicaid patients.

Final Special Consideration

Special consideration will be given to the extent to which

applicants enroll educators from underserved areas.

Additional Information

If additional programmatic information is needed, please contact:

Dr. Susan M. Klein, Geriatric Initiatives Branch, Division of

Associated Dental and Public Health Professions, Bureau of Health

Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn

Building, room 8-103, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,

Telephone: (301) 443-6887, FAX: (301) 443-1164.

This program, Grants for Faculty Training Projects in Geriatric

Medicine and Dentistry, is listed at 93.156 in the Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance. It is not subject to the provisions of Executive

Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (as

implemented through 45 CFR part 100). This program is not subject to

the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.

Dated: May 12, 1994.

John H. Kelso,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-12150 Filed 5-18-94; 8:45 am]

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