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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 94742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27903]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Notice of Availability of Final Health Center Program Policy 
Guidance Regarding Services To Support Transitions in Care for Justice-
Involved Individuals Reentering the Community

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Final notice.

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SUMMARY: The final Health Center Program Policy Guidance Regarding 
Services to Support Transitions in Care for Justice-Involved 
Individuals Reentering the Community Policy Information Notice (JI-R 
PIN) has been developed to assist health centers who choose to provide 
certain primary health care services to support the transition of JI-R 
individuals from the carceral setting back into the community setting.

DATES: This Final JI-R PIN is effective on the date of publication of 
this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding this notice, 
use the HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care Contact Form: https://hrsa.force.com/support/s/ or call Jennifer Joseph, Director, Office of 
Policy and Program Development, Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA, at 
301-594-4300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HRSA provides grants to eligible applicants 
under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 254b), to support the delivery of preventive and primary care 
services to the nation's underserved individuals and families. HRSA 
also certifies eligible applicants under the Health Center Look-Alike 
Program (see sections 1861(aa)(4)(B) and 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social 
Security Act). Look-alikes do not receive Health Center Program funding 
but must meet the Health Center Program statutory and regulatory 
requirements. Health centers are local organizations that provide 
comprehensive, high-quality primary health care services tailored to 
their communities regardless of their patients' ability to pay. Nearly 
1,400 Health Center Program-funded health centers and more than 100 
Health Center Program look-alike organizations operate more than 16,100 
service delivery sites that provide care to more than 32 million 
patients in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin. Note that for the 
purposes of this document, the term ``health center'' refers to 
entities that receive a federal award under section 330 of the Public 
Health Service Act, as well as subrecipients and organizations 
designated as look-alikes, unless otherwise stated.
    This final JI-R PIN establishes policy for all health centers that 
apply for and receive a federal award under the Health Center Program, 
as authorized by section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act 
(including sections 330(e), (g), (h), and (i)), as well as section 330 
subrecipient organizations and Health Center Program look-alikes. This 
final JI-R PIN is intended to support health centers in providing 
certain health services--delivered under the exclusive control and 
authority of the health center--to support the transition of JI-R 
individuals from the carceral setting back into the community setting. 
The services the health center provides are limited to services that 
support reentry. A health center may not take on or replace the 
provision of any other health care services the carceral authority 
provides to those who are incarcerated or detained.
    HRSA released a draft of the JI-R PIN for a 60-day public comment 
period. HRSA revised the JI-R PIN in response to comments and posted a 
summary of comments and HRSA's responses at https://bphc.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bphc/compliance/pin-2024-05-comments-summary.pdf.
    Organizations receiving Health Center Program federal awards, 
including subrecipients, and organizations designated as Health Center 
Program look-alikes, continue to be subject to all requirements stated 
in Notices of Funding Opportunity, Notices of Award, Look-Alike Initial 
Designation and Redesignation Instructions, Notices of Look-Alike 
Designation, as well as other applicable laws, regulations, and 
policies. Organizations are also subject to the distinct statutory, 
regulatory, and policy requirements of other federal programs in which 
they participate.

Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-27903 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P
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