Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (section 412 of the Social Security Act)
gives federally recognized Indian Tribes the opportunity to apply to
operate a Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
program. The Act specifies that the Secretary shall use state submitted
data to determine the amount of the grant to the Tribe. This form
(letter) is used to request those data from the states. ACF is
proposing to extend this information collection without change.
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Executive Summary: This announcement governs the proposed award of
formula grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act
(FVPSA) to Indian Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal
organizations. The purpose of these grants is to assist Tribes in
establishing, maintaining, and expanding programs and projects to
prevent family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related
assistance for victims of family violence and their dependents.
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Office of Clinical and Preventive Services Chronic Care
Collaborative
Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Number: 93.443.
Intended Recipient: Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Award Amount: $600,000 for year 1; $800,000 for years 2 and 3.
Application Deadline: February 1, 2007.
Authorities: Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C. 13, Public Health Service (PHS)
Act, 42 U.S.C. 301(a).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of
1974, the Indian Health Service (IHS) is proposing to modify or alter a
SOR, ``Indian Health Service Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs,''
System No. 09-17-0002. We propose to modify the SOR to reflect current
program changes, technology changes, statutory and implementation
changes. Under the system name, we propose no change to the title but
the office acronyms have been changed as a result of an organizational
change.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 814 of the Native American Programs Act of
1974 (the Act) 42 U.S.C. 2992b-1, ANA herein describes its proposed
interpretive rules, statements of general policy and rules of agency
procedure or practice in relation to the Social and Economic
Development Strategies (hereinafter referred to as SEDS), Native
Language Preservation and Maintenance (hereinafter referred to as
Native Language), Environmental Regulatory Enhancement (hereinafter
referred to as Environmental), Environmental Mitigation (hereinafter
referred to as Mitigation), Improving the Well-Being of Children--
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative (hereinafter referred to as
Healthy Marriage) programs and any Special Initiatives.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces that competitive grant
applications are being accepted for the American Indians into
Psychology Program. This grant is established under the authority of
``25 U.S.C. 1621p(a-d).'', Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Pub. L.
94-437, as amended by Pub. L. 102-573. The purpose of the Indians into
Psychology Program is to augment the number of Indian health
professionals serving Indians by encouraging Indians to enter the
health professions and removing the multiple barriers to their entrance
into IHS and private practice among Indians.
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The regulations governing Indian Health Care Improvement Act
Programs (Pub. L. 94-437) provide at 42 CFR 136.334 that the Indian
Health Service shall publish annually in the Federal Register a list of
recipients of Indian Health Scholarships, including the name of each
recipient, school and Tribal affiliation, if applicable. These
scholarships were awarded under the authority of Sections 103 and 104
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 25 U.S.C. 1613-1613a, as
amended by the Indian Health Care Amendments of 1988, Pub. L. 100-713.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) estimated budget request for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007 includes $11,581,766 for the Indian Health Service (IHS)
Loan Repayment Program (LRP) for health professional educational loans
(undergraduate and graduate) in return for full-time clinical service
in Indian health programs.
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Description: The final rule within 45 CFR part 309, published in
the Federal Register on March 30, 2004, contains a regulatory reporting
requirement that, in order to receive funding for a Tribal IV-D program
a Tribe or Tribal organization must submit a plan describing how the
Tribe or Tribal organization meets or plans to meet the objectives of
section 455(f) of the Social Security Act, including establishing
paternity, establishing, modifying, and enforcing support orders, and
locating noncustodial parents.
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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service published a document in the Federal
Register on March 28, 2007. The document contained three errors. For
further information Contact: Martha Redhouse, Grants Management Branch,
Indian Health Service, Reyes Building, 801 Thompson Avenue, Rockville,
MD 20852, Telephone (301) 443-5204.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) Maternal and Child Health Program
(MCH) announces a limited competition for cooperative agreements for
applications responding to the Secretaries' Initiative on Closing the
Health Disparities Gap for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and
Infant Mortality (IM).
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Description: Authority to collect and report this information is
found in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Pub. L. 104-193. Tribal entities
with approved Tribal plans for implementation of the TANF program are
required by statute to report financial data. Form ACF-196T provides
for collection of Federal expenditures data. Failure to collect this
data would seriously compromise the Administration for Children and
Families' (ACF) ability to monitor expenditures and maintain financial
management of the Tribal TANF program. The financial data collected is
also used to estimate outlays and may be used to prepare ACF budget
submissions to Congress. Federal policy requires the strictest controls
on funding requirements, which necessitates review of documentation in
support of Tribal expenditures for reimbursement. Comments received
from a previous effort to implement a similar Tribal TANF report Form
ACR-196T were used to guide ACF in the development of the updated
report form presented with this submittal.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces competitive grant
applications for the Tribal Management Grant (TMG) Program. This
program is authorized under Section 103(b)(2) and Section 103(e) of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Pub. L. 93-638,
as amended. This program is described at 93.228 in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) hereby issues this final rule establishing regulations required
by section 506 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), (Pub. L. 108-173). Section 506 of the
MMA amended section 1866 (a)(1) of the Social Security Act to add
subparagraph (U) which requires hospitals that furnish inpatient
hospital services payable under Medicare to participate in the contract
health services program (CHS) of the Indian Health Service (IHS)
operated by the IHS, Tribes, and Tribal organizations, and to
participate in programs operated by urban Indian organizations that are
funded by IHS (collectively referred to as I/T/Us) for any medical care
purchased by those programs. Section 506 also requires such
participation to be in accordance with the admission practices, payment
methodology, and payment rates set forth in regulations established by
the Secretary, including acceptance of no more than such payment rates
as payment in full.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the Director of Indian Health Service
(IHS), under the authority of sections 321(a) and 322(b) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 248 and 249(b)), Public Law 83-568 (42
U.S.C. 2001(a)), and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), has approved the following rates for inpatient and
outpatient medical care provided by IHS facilities for Calendar Year
2007 for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and beneficiaries of other
Federal programs. The Medicare Part A inpatient rates are excluded from
the table below as they are paid based on the prospective payment
system. Since the inpatient rates set forth below do not include all
physician services and practitioner services, additional payment may be
available to the extent that those services meet applicable
requirements. Public Law 106-554, section 432, dated December 21, 2000,
authorized IHS facilities to file Medicare Part B claims with the
carrier for payment for physician and certain other practitioner
services provided on or after July 1, 2001.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to revise and update the list of
Contract Health Service Delivery Areas (CHSDA) as defined in 42 CFR
part 136, Subparts A-C and Service Delivery Areas (SDA) as established
by the Director, Indian Health Service (IHS) administratively to
effectuate the intent of Congress. This list replaces and supplements
the FR notice dated January 10, 1984 (49 FR 1291) establishing CHSDAs
and FR notice dated August 25, 1988 (53 FR 32460) establishing Health
Service Delivery Areas (HSDAs).
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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service published a document Federal
Register on June 20, 2007, concerning rates for inpatient and
outpatient medical care provided by Indian Health Service facilities
for Calendar Year 2007 for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries of other
Federal Programs. The document contained five incorrect rates.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces that competitive grant
applications are being accepted for the American Indians into Medicine
Program. These grants are established under the authority of 25 U.S.C.
1616g(a) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended by
Public Law (Pub. L.) 102-573. The purpose of the Indians into Medicine
program is to augment the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/
AN) health professionals serving AI/AN by encouraging them to enter the
health professions and removing the multiple barriers to their entrance
into IHS and private practice among AI/AN communities. For the purpose
of maintaining and expanding the Indians into Medicine program two
grants will be funded. One grant will be funded at $300,000 and a
second grant will be funded at $60,000. Each grant will have different
criteria which will be listed separately in this announcement.
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The Indian Health Service (IHS), Office of Urban Indian Health
Programs (OUIHP) announces competitive 4-in-l Title V grant supplements
responding to an Office of Minority Health, HIV/AIDS Initiative. This
program is authorized under the authority of the Snyder Act and 25
U.S.C. 1652, 1653 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Public Law
94-437, as amended. This program is described at 93.193 in the Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).
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The Indian Health Service (IHS), Office of Urban Indian Health
Programs (OUIHP) announces competitive 4-in-1 Title V grant supplements
responding to an Office of Minority Health, HIV/AIDS Initiative. This
program is authorized under the authority of the Snyder Act and 25
U.S.C. 1652, 1653 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Public Law
94-437, as amended. This program is described at 93.193 in the Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).
This competitive supplement seeks to expand OUIHP's existing Title
V grants to increase the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/
AN) with the awareness of his/her HIV status. This will provide routine
and/or rapid HIV screening, prevention, pre and post test counseling,
case management (if available) and data collection. Enhancement of
urban Indian health program HIV/AIDS activities is necessary to reduce
the incidence of HIV/AIDS in the urban Indian health communities.
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Title: Guidance for the Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Program.
OMB No.: 0970-0157.
Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the Social Security Act)
requires each Indian Tribe that elects to administer and operate a TANF
program to submit a TANF Tribal Plan. The TANF Tribal Plan is a
mandatory statement submitted to the Secretary by the Indian Tribe,
which consists of an outline of how the Indian Tribe's TANF program
will be administered and operated. It is used by the Secretary to
determine whether the plan is approvable and to determine that the
Indian Tribe is eligible to receive a TANF assistance grant. It is also
made available to the public.
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing to
revise the guidance by adding a certification page and is requesting
additional details regarding economic development. ACF expects the
additional information to add an estimated eight burden hours to each
Indian Tribe's submission. This is reflected in the annual burden
estimates shown below.
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itle: ANA Consultant and Evaluator Qualifications Form.
OMB No.: 0970-0265.
Description: The ANA Consultant and Evaluator Qualifications Form
is used to collect information from prospective panel reviewers in
compliance with 42 U.S.C Section 2991d-1. The form will allow the
Commissioner of ANA to select qualified people to review grant
applications for Social and Economic Development Strategies for Native
Americans (SEDS), Native Language and Preservation Maintenance
projects, Environmental Regulatory Enhancement projects, and
Environmental Mitigation.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information
collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review.
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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service is amending its regulations
governing contracts under the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act to reflect a change of address due to the relocation of
the Claims Branch.
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SUMMARY: This proposed notice announces the receipt of an application
from the Indian Health Service for continued recognition as a national
accreditation organization for accrediting American Indian and Alaska
Native entities that wish to furnish outpatient diabetes self-
management training to Medicare beneficiaries. This notice also
announces a 30-day public comment period.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 350(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 30 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection project was previously published
in the Federal Register (72 FR 45054) on August 10, 2007 and allowed 60
days for public comment. No public comment was received in response to
the notice. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public
comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days advance opportunity for
public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian
Health Service (IHS) in publishing for comment a summary of a proposed
information collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
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