23790 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 83 /Thursday, April 30, 1998 / Notices

Dated: April 24, 1998.

Kathy Cahill,

Associate Director for Policy Planning and

Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 98–11479 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. 98–CB–02–1]

Announcement of the Availability of

Financial Assistance and Request for

Applications to Support a National

Resource Center for Programs Serving

Abandoned Infants and Infants at Risk

of Abandonment and Their Families; a

National Resource Center for

Community-based Family Resource

and Support Programs; and Grants to

Tribes, Tribal Organizations and

Migrant Programs for Communitybased Family Resources and Support

Programs

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families (ACYF), ACF,

DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of correction.

SUMMARY: This notice corrects the

Program Announcement published in

the Federal Register on April 1, 1998,

(62 FR 15847) by extending the due date

to June 22, 1998; by correcting the

address to which completed

applications are to be sent; and by

amending the dollar amount available

for the National Resource Center for

Community-based Family Resource and

Support Programs. The correct address

for the submission of proposals is ACYF

Operations Center, 1225 Jefferson David

Highway, Suite 415, Arlington, Virginia

22201. The amount of funding available

for the National Resource Center for

Community-based Family Resource and

Support Programs is $675,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families (ACYF) Operations Center,

1225 Jefferson David Highway, Suite

415, Arlington, Virginia 22201. The

telephone number is 1–800–351–2293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

1, 1998, the Administration on

Children, Youth and Families published

Program Announcement Number: CB–

98–02 in the Federal Register soliciting

proposals to conduct a National

Resource Center for Programs Serving

Abandoned Infants and Infants at Risk

of Abandonment and Their Families; a

National Resource Center for

Community-Based Family Resources

and Support Programs; and Grants to

Tribes, Tribal Organizations and

Migrant Programs for Community-based

Family Resource and Support Programs.

Due to delays in reprinting and in

mailing out the application packages,

potential applicants may not have

sufficient time to prepare an application

and this amendment extends the due

date. All other requirements for mailed

applications/overnight/express mail

service and hand-delivered

applications/applicant couriers remain

the same as in the original

announcement.

The address to which these proposals

were to be sent was mistyped in the

announcement and the dollar amount

for the National Resource Center for

Community-Based Family Resource and

Support Programs was incorrectly given;

and therefore, this amendment corrects

those errors.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers 93.551, Abandoned Infants

Assistance Program; 93.590, Child Abuse

Prevention and Treatment Act)

Dated: April 21, 1998.

James A. Harrell,

Deputy Commissioner, Administration on

Children, Youth and Families.

[FR Doc. 98–11492 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–2008–PN]

RIN 0938–AI90

Medicare and Medicaid Programs;

Recognition of the American

Association for Accreditation of

Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. for

Ambulatory Surgical Centers Program

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Proposed notice.

SUMMARY: In this notice we announce

the receipt of an application from the

American Association for Accreditation

of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc.

(AAAASF) for recognition as a national

accreditation program for ambulatory

surgical centers that wish to participate

in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

The Social Security Act requires that the

Secretary publish a notice identifying

the national accreditation body making

the request, describing the nature of the

request, and providing a 30 day public

comment period.

DATES: Comments will be considered if

we receive them at the appropriate

address, as provided below, no later

than 5:00 pm on June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail written comments (1

original and 3 copies) to the following

address: Health Care Financing

Administration, Department of Health

and Human Services, Attention: HCFA–

2008–PN, P.O. Box 26688, Baltimore,

MD 21207–5178.

If you prefer, you may deliver your

written comments (1 original and 3

copies) to one of the following

addresses:

Room 309–G, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20201, or

Room C5–09–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–

1850.

Because of staffing and resource

limitations, we cannot accept comments

by facsimile (FAX) transmission. In

commenting, please refer to file code

HCFA–1885–P. Comments received

timely will be available for public

inspection as they are received,

generally beginning approximately 3

weeks after publication of a document,

in Room 309–G of the Department’s

offices at 200 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC, on Monday

through Friday of each week from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m. (phone: (202) 690–7890).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan

C. Berry (410) 786–7233.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under the Medicare program, eligible

beneficiaries may receive covered

services in an ambulatory surgical

center (ASC) provided certain

requirements are met. Section 1832

(a)(2)(F) of the Social Security Act (the

Act) includes the requirements that an

ASC have an agreement in effect with

the Secretary and meet health, safety,

and other standards specified by the

Secretary in regulations. Regulations

concerning supplier agreements are at

42 CFR part 489 and those pertaining to

activities relating to the survey and

certification of facilities are at 42 CFR

part 488. Our regulations at 42 CFR Part

416 specify the conditions that an ASC

must meet in order to participate in the

Medicare program, the scope of covered

services, and the conditions for

Medicare payment for facility services.

Generally, in order to enter into an

agreement, an ASC must first be

certified by a State survey agency as

complying with the conditions or

requirements set forth in part 416 of our

regulations. Then, the ASC is subject to

regular surveys by a State survey agency