58398 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 191 / Tuesday, October 3, 2006 / Notices 

ESTIMATE OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses/respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

CDC Employee’s Screened ..................................................................................... 16,980 1 1/60 283 

CDC Employee Respondents .................................................................................. 8,490 1 9/60 1274 

Total .................................................................................................................. ...................... ...................... ...................... 1557 

Dated: September 26, 2006. 

Joan F. Karr, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E6–16306 Filed 10–2–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Notice of Supplemental Grant Award to 

Bucks County Health Improvement 

Project, Inc. for a Project Entitled, 

‘‘Increasing Access to Health Care for 

Bucks County Residents’’

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Supplemental Grant 

Award. 

Funding Amount: $500,000. There 

will be an additional supplement of 

$500,000 to this grant in FY 2007. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services has awarded a 

supplemental grant entitled ‘‘Increasing 

Access to Health Care for Bucks County 

Residents’’ to the Bucks County Health 

Improvement Project, Inc., 1201 

Langhorne-Newton Road, Langhorne, 

PA 19047. The project period is 

September 10, 2002 through September 

9, 2008. The Bucks County Health 

Improvement Project (BCHIP) proposes 

to provide 3 ongoing major programs, 

which were initiated under the parent 

grant. These include continuation and 

expansion of: The adult health clinic 

which has served over 3,274 patients 

having 9,200 visits; the dental program 

for needy children and adults; and the 

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction program. 

Through these programs, BCHIP 

provides health and dental services for 

vulnerable populations, including 

under-insured and recent immigrants. 

These BCHIP health services for the 

indigent and uninsured have helped 

meet fundamental physical, dental, and 

mental health needs for residents, 

including immigrant groups, who are 

otherwise without resources for needed 

care. There is concern that without 

additional supplemental funding, 

provision of these vital health care 

services in Bucks County would be at 

risk. An additional 2 years of funding 

will permit BCHIP to follow-on with 

several of their major, demonstrated 

successful programs delivering 

community care and outreach to 

targeted groups with serious unmet 

needs. 

Furthermore, the BCHIP consortium 

of public and private hospitals and 

outpatient health and dental providers 

has collaborated over the past 15 years 

to develop an impressively efficient 

administrative framework for the 

donation, provision and coverage of a 

wide array of health services for the 

medically indigent. Additional funding 

will further foster the improvement and 

expansion of their model for 

administering health care through 

multiple programs to the needy. Over 

the past 2 years, BCHIP leaders have 

been sharing their administrative model 

and experience with other health U.S. 

organizations and communities, 

including a ‘‘Communities Joined in 

Action’’ conference in New Orleans and 

quarterly Pennsylvania State Health 

Improvement Plan (SHIP) meetings. 

They plan to continue to offer guidance 

to providers and health organizations 

gleaned from their expanding, ongoing 

service programs under requested 

supplemental funding. 

This award is made based on the 

authority granted by section 1110 of the 

Social Security Act, which authorizes 

appropriations each fiscal year for 

grants to pay for part of the cost of 

research or demonstration projects that 

will improve the administration and 

effectiveness of programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Mentnech, Director, Research and 

Evaluation Group, Office of Research, 

Development, and Information, Centers 

for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mail 

Stop C3–21–28, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, (410) 

786–6692, or Judith L. Norris, Grants 

Officer, Office of Acquisitions and 

Grants Management, Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mail 

Stop C2–21–15, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, (410) 

786–5130. 

Authority: (Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Program No. 93.779 (CMS) 

Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations) 

Section 1110 of the Social Security Act. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

Mark B. McClellan, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–8420 Filed 9–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–2243–N] 

RIN 0938–AO75 

Medicaid Program; Fiscal Year 

Disproportionate Share Hospital 

Allotments and Disproportionate Share 

Hospital Institutions for Mental 

Disease Limits 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the 

provisions of section 1923 of the Social 

Security Act, as amended by section 

1001(a) of the Medicare Prescription 

Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 

Act of 2003 and section 6054 of the 

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, this 

notice announces the final Federal share 

disproportionate share hospital (DSH) 

allotments for Federal fiscal year (FFY) 

2005, the preliminary Federal share 

DSH allotments for FFY 2006, and the 

preliminary Federal share DSH 

allotments for FFY 2007. This notice 

also announces the final FFY 2005, the 

preliminary FFY 2006, and the 

preliminary FFY 2007 limitations on 

aggregate DSH payments that States may 

make to institutions for mental disease 

and other mental health facilities. In 

addition, this notice includes 

background information describing the 


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