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Applications will be reviewed and

evaluated according to the following

criteria: (Maximum 100 Points).

1. Background and Experience: (15

Points)

The extent to which the applicant

describes: (a) The epidemiology of

stroke in the state and rationale for

consideration as a high preference state;

(b) past and current registry related

activities, including strengths and

limitations, of health services data

collection and outcomes evaluation.

2. Collaboration: (10 Points)

The extent to which the applicant: (a)

Describes a current or proposed Stroke

Advisory Committee; (b) describes past,

current, and proposed stroke prevention

activities and collaborations with

relevant organizations and agencies

within the state and with other states or

national organizations interested in

stroke prevention and stroke

management; (c) provides letters of

support from the State Health

Department and relevant organizations.

3. Existing Resources and Sampling

Plan: (20 Points)

The extent to which the applicant

provides: (a) A description of all

existing and in-state hospital sources

that provide care to acute stroke

patients; (b) a description of existing

stroke registries in the state; (c) a

sampling plan for the selection of

hospitals such that the sample is

adequate in number and representative

of the state’s hospitals that provide care

to patients with acute stroke; (d) letters

supporting willingness to participate

from the selected hospitals.

4. Implementation Plan and Schedule:

(30 Points)

The extent to which the major steps

required for project design and

implementation adequately address all

recipient activities in the program

requirements, are realistically described,

and the project timetable displays

appropriate dates for the

accomplishment of specific project

activities.

5. Data Utilization: (10 Points)

The extent to which the applicant

provides a relevant and realistic plan to

use stroke registry data to improve the

delivery of care to patients with acute

stroke.

6. Project Management and Staffing

Plan: (15 Points)

The extent to which proposed

staffing, organizational structure, staff

experience and background, identified

training needs or plan, and job

descriptions and curricula vitae for both

proposed and current staff indicate

ability to carry out the purposes of the

program.

7. Budget: (Not Scored)

The extent to which the applicant

provides a detailed budget and

justification consistent with the stated

objectives and program activities.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. Semiannual progress reports;

2. Financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. Final financial and performance

reports, no more than 90 days after the

end of the project period.

Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Attachment I in the

application kit.

AR–7—Executive Order 12372 Review

AR–8—Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

AR–9—Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR–10—Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11—Healthy People 2010

AR–12—Lobbying Restrictions

AR–14—Accounting System

Requirements

AR–15—Proof of Non-Profit Status

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

section 317(k)(2) of the Public Health

Service Act, [42 U.S.C. section 241], l

as amended. The Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance number is 93.283.

J. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC announcements

can be found on the CDC home page

Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov.

Click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and

Cooperative Agreements.’’

Should you have questions after

reviewing the contents of all the

documents, business management

technical assistance may be obtained

from: Van King, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention,

2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000,

Atlanta, GA 30341–4146, Telephone

number: (770) 488–2751, Email address:

vbk5@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: Wendy A. Wattigney,

Cardiovascular Health Branch, Division

of Adult and Community Health,

NCCDPHP, 4770 Buford Highway, NE,

Mailstop K47, Atlanta, Georgia 30341–

3717, Telephone number: (770) 488–

8149, Email address: wdw0@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 11, 2001.

John L. Williams,

Director, Procurement and Grants Office,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–265]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission For OMB

Review; Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information. Interested

persons are invited to send comments

regarding the burden estimate or any

other aspect of this collection of

information, including any of the

following subjects: (1) The necessity and

utility of the proposed information

collection for the proper performance of

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(4) the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology to minimize the information

collection burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Title of Information Collection:

Independent Renal Dialysis Facility

Cost Report and Supporting Regulations

42 CFR 413.20 and 42 CFR 413.24.

Form No.: HCFA–265 (OMB# 0938–

0236).

Use: The Independent Renal Dialysis

Facility Cost Report provides for the

determination and allocation of costs to

the components of the facility in order

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to establish a proper basis for Medicare

payment.

Frequency: Daily Recordkeeping.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-Profit institutions, and

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 3,085.

Total Annual Responses: 3,085.

Total Annual Hours: 604,660.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, access

HCFA’s web site address at http://

www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or Email your request, including your

address and phone number, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB Desk Officer designated at the

following address: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: May 9, 2001.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group,Division of HCFA Enterprise

Standards.

[FR Doc. 01–12451 Filed 5–16–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Advisory Committee Notice of Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of June 2001.

Name: Advisory Committee on Infant

Mortality (ACIM).

Date and Time: June 25, 2001, 9 a.m.–5

p.m.; June 26, 2001, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

Place: Georgetown Latham Hotel, 3000 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20007, (202)

726–5000.

The meeting is open to the public.

Purpose: The Committee provides advice

and recommendations to the Secretary of

Health and Human Services on the following:

Department programs which are directed at

reducing infant mortality and improving the

health status of pregnant women and infants;

factors affecting the continuum of care with

respect to maternal and child health care,

including outcomes following childbirth;

factors determining the length of hospital

stay following childbirth; strategies to

coordinate the variety of Federal, State, and

local and private programs and efforts that

are designed to deal with the health and

social problems impacting on infant

mortality; and the implementation of the

Healthy Start initiative and infant mortality

objectives from Healthy People 2010.

Agenda: Topics that will be discussed

include the following: Early Postpartum

Discharge; Low-Birth Weight; Disparities in

Infant Mortality; and the Healthy Start

Program.

Anyone requiring information regarding

the Committee should contact Peter C. van

Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Secretary,

ACIM, Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA), Room 18–05,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857, telephone: (301) 443–

2170.

Individuals who are interested in attending

any portion of the meeting or who have

questions regarding the meeting should

contact Ms. Kerry P. Nesseler, HRSA,

Maternal and Child Health Bureau,

telephone: (301) 443–2170.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities are further determined.

Dated: May 11, 2001.

Jane M. Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 01–12493 Filed 5–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Inspector General

Program Exclusions: April 2001

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of program exclusions.

During the month of April 2001, the

HHS Office of Inspector General

imposed exclusions in the cases set

forth below. When an exclusion is

imposed, no program payment is made

to anyone for any items or services

(other than an emergency item or

service not provided in a hospital

emergency room) furnished, ordered or

prescribed by an excluded party under

the Medicare, Medicaid, and all Federal

Health Care programs. In addition, no

program payment is made to any

business or facility, e.g., a hospital, that

submits bills for payment for items or

services provided by an excluded party.

Program beneficiaries remain free to

decide for themselves whether they will

continue to use the services of an

excluded party even though no program

payments will be made for items and

services provided by that excluded

party. The exclusions have national

effect and also apply to all Executive

Branch procurement and nonprocurement programs and activities.

Subject

city, state

Effective

date

Program-Related Convictions

Araboghli, Raphaela ................. 05/20/2001

Ansonia, CT

Arzadon, Rodrigo P .................. 05/20/2001

Flint, MI

Atikian, Vartan .......................... 05/20/2001

Taft, CA

Billingslea, Charles A ............... 05/20/2001

College Park, GA

Boyce, Lila ................................ 05/20/2001

Clinton, SC

Brown, Tanya Nichelle ............. 05/20/2001

Fayetteville, NC

Bun, Sothary Ryan ................... 05/20/2001

Long Beach, CA

Caplan, Steven Lee .................. 05/20/2001

Superior, CO

Capp, Sheldon N ...................... 05/20/2001

Greenwich, CT

Chan, Tha ................................. 05/20/2001

Long Beach, CA

Culver, Michael D ..................... 05/20/2001

Oxford, GA

Doak, Bruce M .......................... 05/20/2001

Beaver, WV

Dominguez, Ramon Mario ........ 05/20/2001

Diamond Bar, CA

Duramed, Inc ............................ 05/20/2001

Tampa, FL

Foster, Bessie Sterling ............. 05/20/2001

Baton Rouge, LA

Gabriyelyan, Filip ...................... 05/20/2001

Taft, CA

Geesaman, Barbara A .............. 05/20/2001

Lake Wales, FL

Goldstar Medical Services, Inc 05/20/2001

Tampa, FL

Hamparian, Stephen R ............. 05/20/2001

Winchester, MA

Hart, Delores Williams .............. 05/20/2001

Baton Rouge, LA

Hidalgo, Eduardo ...................... 05/20/2001

Miami, FL

Hopkins, Daniel Alan ................ 05/20/2001

Royal Oak, MI

Irvin, Etta M .............................. 05/20/2001

Marianna, FL

Jacobs, Bryant Eugene ............ 05/20/2001

Stone Mountain, GA

Jones, Nettie Ruth .................... 05/20/2001

Seattle, WA

Keshishian, Akop ...................... 05/20/2001

Pasadena, CA

Leung, Frances MA .................. 05/20/2001

Albion, NY

Lightfoot, Carolyn ..................... 05/20/2001

Edenton, NC

Lopez, Jesus Felipe ................. 05/20/2001

Zephyrhills, FL

McEntee, Matthew .................... 05/20/2001

Queens, NY

McLilly, Hazel ........................... 05/20/2001

Clinton, SC

Megrikyan, Sergei ..................... 05/20/2001

Pasadena, CA

Mkrtchyan, Vardges .................. 05/20/2001

W Hollywood, CA

Muy, Nong ................................ 05/20/2001

Long Beach, CA

Norris-Garwood, Peggy Sue .... 05/20/2001