Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2024 / Notices 97629 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28803 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Notice of Availability of Draft Health 

Center Program Scope Policy Manual 

Guidance 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: HRSA requests public 

comments on the Draft Health Center 

Program Scope of Project Manual (draft 

Scope Policy Manual). The draft Scope 

Policy Manual provides updated policy 

guidance on what constitutes the Health 

Center Program scope of project under 

the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act). 

DATES: Submit comments no later than 

February 7, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic comments 

should be submitted through the HRSA 

Bureau of Primary Health Care Contact 

Form (https://hrsa.my.site.com/support/ 

s/), by selecting ‘‘Comment on Draft 

Policy’’ under the ‘‘Policy’’ section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Joseph, Office of Policy and 

Program Development Director, Bureau 

of Primary Health Care, HRSA, at 

jjoseph@hrsa.gov and 301–594–4300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

Scope Policy Manual (https://

bphc.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bphc/ 

compliance/draft-health-centerprogram-scope-project-manual) updates 

Health Center Program scope of project 

policy guidance for all health centers 

that apply for and receive federal award 

(https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/ 

compliance-manual/glossary#federalaward) funds under the Health Center 

Program subrecipient organization 

(sections 1861(aa)(4)(A)(ii) and 

1905(l)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security 

Act; https://bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/ 

compliance-manual/ 

glossary#subrecipient), and Health 

Center Program look-alikes (sections 

1861(aa)(4)(B) and 1905(l)(2)(B) of the 

Social Security Act; (https://

bphc.hrsa.gov/compliance/compliancemanual/glossary#look-alike). 

The draft Scope Policy Manual 

proposes new policy and clarifies 

existing policy in key areas. Through 

the draft Scope Policy Manual, HRSA 

updates the Health Center Program 

scope of project policy to consolidate 

scope of project-related policy into a 

single policy document to assist health 

centers in understanding scope of 

project, statutory language and the 

Health Center Program Compliance 

Manual (https://bphc.hrsa.gov/ 

compliance/compliance-manual). 

The draft Scope Policy Manual does 

not include scope of project processrelated instructions. Instructions for 

documenting and updating scope of 

project will continue to be available on 

the Health Center Program Scope of 

Project web page (https://bphc.hrsa.gov/ 

compliance/scope-project). 

HRSA proposes that the final Scope 

Policy Manual supersede the following 

previously issued scope of project 

Policy Information Notices (PINs): 

• PIN 2007–09: Service Area Overlap: 

Policy and Process 

• PIN 2008–01: Defining Scope of 

Project and Policy for Requesting 

Changes 

• PIN 2009–02: Specialty Services and 

Health Centers’ Scope of Project 

• PIN 2009–05: Policy for Special 

Populations-Only Grantees 

Requesting a Change in Scope to Add 

a New Target Population 

HRSA provides grants to eligible 

applicants under section 330 of the PHS 

Act (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 

designates eligible applicants as Health 

Center Program look-alikes. Look-alikes 

do not receive Health Center Program 

funding but must meet the Health 

Center Program statutory and regulatory 

requirements. Nearly 1,400 Health 

Center Program-funded health centers 

and more than 100 Health Center 

Program look-alike organizations 

operate more than 15,000 service 

delivery sites that provide care to more 

than 30.5 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 

PHS Act, as well as subrecipients and 

organizations designated as look-alikes, 

unless otherwise stated. 

Carole Johnson, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health 

AGENCY: Office of Minority Health, 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a 

meeting conducted as a webcast on 

January 7, 2025. This virtual meeting 

will be open to the public. 

DATES: The virtual ACMH meeting will 

be held on January 7, 2025, from 2 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. EST. If the Committee 

completes its work before 3 p.m. EST, 

the meeting will adjourn early. 

Any individual who wishes to 

participate in the virtual meeting should 

register using the Zoom registration link 

provided below by 5 p.m. EST on 

January 3, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually and will be accessible by 

webcast. Instructions regarding webcast 

access and providing written public 

comments will be given after meeting 

registration occurs. 

Registration is required for the public 

to attend the meeting, provide comment, 

and/or distribute material(s) to ACMH 

members. Instructions regarding 

participating in the call and providing 

written or verbal public comments will 

be provided after meeting registration 

occurs. Information about the meeting 

will be posted on the HHS Office of 

Minority Health (OMH) website: 

www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov. 

Information about ACMH activities can 

be found on the OMH website under the 

heading About OMH, Committees and 

Working Groups. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Violet Woo, Designated Federal Officer, 

Advisory Committee on Minority 

Health, OMH, HHS, Tower Building, 

1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 100, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. Phone: 240– 

453–6816; email: OMH-ACMH@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Public Law 105–392, 

the ACMH was established to provide 

advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Minority Health on the development 

of goals and program activities related to 

OMH’s duties. 

The topic to be discussed during the 

virtual meeting will be finalizing 

recommendations on the 


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