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action by an independent advisory

committee of experts. A petition is to be

in the form of a petition for

reconsideration under § 10.33(b) (21

CFR 10.33(b)). A petitioner shall

identify the form of review requested

(hearing or independent advisory

committee) and shall submit with the

petition supporting data and

information showing that there is a

genuine and substantial issue of

material fact for resolution through

administrative review. After reviewing

the petition, FDA will decide whether to

grant or deny the petition and will

publish a notice of its decision in the

Federal Register. If FDA grants the

petition, the notice will state the issue

to be reviewed, the form of review to be

used, the persons who may participate

in the review, the time and place where

the review will occur, and other details.

Petitioners may, at any time on or

before January 16, 1996, file with the

Dockets Management Branch (address

above) two copies of each petition and

supporting data and information,

identified with the name of the device

and the docket number found in

brackets in the heading of this

document. Received petitions may be

seen in the office above between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

This notice is issued under the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(secs. 515(d), 520(h) (21 U.S.C. 360e(d),

360j(h))) and under authority delegated

to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs

(21 CFR 5.10) and redelegated to the

Director, Center for Devices and

Radiological Health (21 CFR 5.53).

Dated: December 4, 1995.

Joseph A. Levitt,

Deputy Director for Regulations Policy, Center

for Devices and Radiological Health.

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Health Care Financing Administration

[ORD–082–N]

New and Pending Demonstration

Project Proposals Submitted Pursuant

to Section 1115(a) of the Social

Security Act

October 1995.

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA, HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists new

proposals for Medicaid demonstration

projects submitted to the Department of

Health and Human Services during the

month of October 1995 under the

authority of section 1115 of the Social

Security Act. This notice also lists

proposals that were approved,

disapproved, pending, or withdrawn

during this time period. (This notice can

be accessed on the Internet at HTTP://

WWW.SSA.GOV/HCFA/

HCFAHP2.HTML.)

COMMENTS: We will accept written

comments on these proposals. We will,

if feasible, acknowledge receipt of all

comments, but we will not provide

written responses to comments. We

will, however, neither approve nor

disapprove any new proposal for at least

30 days after the date of this notice to

allow time to receive and consider

comments. Direct comments as

indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Mail correspondence to:

Susan Anderson, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Health Care Financing

Administration, Mail Stop C3–11–07,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Anderson, (410) 786–3996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under section 1115 of the Social

Security Act (the Act), the Department

of Health and Human Services (HHS)

may consider and approve research and

demonstration proposals with a broad

range of policy objectives. These

demonstrations can lead to

improvements in achieving the

purposes of the Act.

In exercising her discretionary

authority, the Secretary has developed a

number of policies and procedures for

reviewing proposals. On September 27,

1994, we published a notice in the

Federal Register (59 FR 49249) that

specified (1) the principles that we

ordinarily will consider when

approving or disapproving

demonstration projects under the

authority in section 1115(a) of the Act;

(2) the procedures we expect States to

use in involving the public in the

development of proposed demonstration

projects under section 1115; and (3) the

procedures we ordinarily will follow in

reviewing demonstration proposals. We

are committed to a thorough and

expeditious review of State requests to

conduct such demonstrations.

As part of our procedures, we publish

a notice in the Federal Register with a

monthly listing of all new submissions,

pending proposals, approvals,

disapprovals, and withdrawn proposals.

Proposals submitted in response to a

grant solicitation or other competitive

process are reported as received during

the month that such grant or bid is

awarded, so as to prevent interference

with the awards process.

II. Listing of New, Pending, Approved,

and Withdrawn Proposals for the

Month of October 1995

A. Comprehensive Health Reform

Programs

1. New Proposals

No new proposals were received

during the month of October.

2. Pending Proposals

Demonstration Title/State: Better

Access for You (BAY) Health Plan

Demonstration—Alabama.

Description: Alabama proposes to

create a mandatory managed care

delivery system in Mobile County for

non-institutionalized Medicaid

beneficiaries and an expansion

population of low-income women and

children. The network, called the Bay

Health Network, would be administered

by the PrimeHealth Organization, which

is owned by the University of South

Alabama Foundation. The State also

proposes to expand family planning

benefits for pregnant women whose

income is less than 133 percent of the

Federal poverty level.

Date Received: July 10, 1995.

State Contact: Vicki Huff, Director,

Managed Care Division, Alabama

Medicaid Agency, P.O. Box 5624,

Montgomery, AL 36103–5624, (334)

242–5011.

Federal Project Officer: Maria

Boulmetis, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Arizona

Health Care Cost Containment System

(AHCCCS)—Arizona.

Description: Arizona proposes to

expand eligibility under its current

section 1115 AHCCCS program to

individuals with incomes up to 100

percent of the Federal poverty level.

Date Received: March 17, 1995

State Contact: Mabel Chen, M.D.,

Director, Arizona Health Care Cost

Containment System, 801 East Jefferson,

Phoenix, AZ 85034, (602) 271–4422.

Federal Project Officer: Joan Peterson,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Mail Stop C3–18–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: The

Georgia Behavioral Health Plan—

Georgia.

Description: Georgia proposes to

provide behavioral health services

under a managed care system through a
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section 1115 demonstration. The plan

would be implemented by regional

boards that would contract with third

party administrators to develop a

network of behavioral health providers.

The currently eligible Medicaid

population would be enrolled in the

program and would have access to a full

range of behavioral health services.

Once the program realizes savings, the

State proposes to expand coverage to

individuals who are not otherwise

eligible for Medicaid.

Date Received: September 1, 1995.

State Contact: Margaret Taylor,

Coordinator for Strategic Planning,

Department of Medical Assistance, 1

Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 27–100,

Atlanta, GA 30303–3159, (404) 657–

2012.

Federal Project Officer: Nancy

Goetschius, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: MediPlan

Plus—Illinois.

Description: Illinois seeks to develop

a managed care delivery system using a

series of networks, either local or

statewide, to tailor its Medicaid delivery

system to the needs of local urban

neighborhoods or large rural areas.

Date Received: September 15, 1994.

State Contact: Tom Toberman,

Manager, Federal/State Monitoring, 201

South Grand Avenue East, Springfield,

IL 62763, (217) 782–2570.

Federal Project Officer: Gina Clemons,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Mail Stop C3–18–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State:

Community Care of Kansas—Kansas.

Description: Kansas proposes to

implement a ‘‘managed cooperation

demonstration project’’ in four

predominantly rural counties, and to

assess the success of a non-competitive

managed care model in rural areas. The

demonstration would enroll persons

currently eligible in the Aid to Families

with Dependent Children (AFDC) and

AFDC-related eligibility categories, and

expand Medicaid eligibility to children

ages 5 and under with family incomes

up to 200 percent of the Federal poverty

level.

Date Received: March 23, 1995.

State Contact: Karl Hockenbarger,

Kansas Department of Social and,

Rehabilitation Services, 915 Southwest

Harrison Street, Topeka, KS 66612,

(913) 296–4719.

Federal Project Officer: Jane Forman,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Mail Stop C3–21–04, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Louisiana

Health Access—Louisiana.

Description: Louisiana proposes to

implement a fully capitated statewide

managed care program. A basic benefit

package and a behavioral health and

pharmacy wrap-around would be

administered through the managed care

plans. The State intends to expand

Medicaid eligibility to persons with

incomes up to 250 percent of the

Federal poverty level; those with

incomes above 133 percent of the

Federal poverty level would pay all or

a portion of premiums.

Date Received: January 3, 1995.

State Contact: Carolyn Maggio,

Executive Director, Bureau of Research

and Development, Louisiana

Department of Health and Hospitals,

P.O. Box 2870, Baton Rouge, LA 70821–

2871, (504) 342–2964.

Federal Project Officer: Gina Clemons,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Mail Stop C3–18–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Missouri.

Description: Missouri proposes to

require Medicaid beneficiaries to enroll

in managed care delivery systems, and

extend Medicaid eligibility to persons

with incomes below 200 percent of the

Federal poverty level. As part of the

program, Missouri would create a fully

capitated managed care pilot program to

serve non-institutionalized persons with

permanent disabilities on a voluntary

basis.

Date Received: June 30, 1994.

State Contact: Donna Checkett,

Director, Division of Medical Services,

Missouri Department of Social Services,

P.O. Box 6500, Jefferson City, MO

65102–6500, (314) 751–6922.

Federal Project Officer: Nancy

Goetschius, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: The

Granite State Partnership for Access and

Affordability in Health Care—New

Hampshire.

Description: New Hampshire proposes

to extend Medicaid eligibility to adults

with incomes below the AFDC cash

standard and to create a public

insurance product for low- income

workers. The State also seeks to

implement a number of pilot initiatives

to help redesign its health care delivery

system.

Date Received: June 14, 1994.

State Contact: Barry Bodell, New

Hampshire Department of Health and

Human Services, Office of the

Commissioner, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord,

NH 03301–6505, (603) 271–4332.

Federal Project Officer: Maria

Boulmetis, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: The

Partnership Plan—New York.

Description: New York proposes to

move most of the currently eligible

Medicaid population and Home Relief

(General Assistance) populations from a

primarily fee-for-service system to a

managed care environment. The State

also proposes to establish special needs

plans to serve individuals with HIV/

AIDS and certain children with mental

illnesses.

Date Received: March 17, 1995.

State Contact: Richard T. Cody,

Deputy Commissioner, Division of

Health and Long Term Care, 40 North

Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12243, (518)

474–9132.

Federal Project Officer: Debbie Van

Hoven, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: State of

Texas Access Reform (STAR)—Texas.

Description: Texas is proposing a

section 1115 demonstration that will

restructure the Medicaid program using

competitive managed care principles. A

focal point of the proposal is to utilize

local governmental entities (referred to

as Intergovernmental Initiatives (IGIs))

and to make the IGI responsible for

designing and administering a managed

care system in its region. Approximately

876,636 new beneficiaries would be

served during the 5-year demonstration

in addition to the current Medicaid

population. Texas proposes to

implement the program in June 1996.

Date Received: September 6, 1995.

State Contact: Cathy Rossberg, State

Medicaid Office, P.O. Box 13247,

Austin, TX 78711, (512) 502–3224.

Federal Project Officer: Alisa Adamo,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Mail Stop C3–18–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Section

1115 Demonstration Waiver for

Medicaid Expansion—Utah.

Description: Utah proposes to expand

eligibility for Medicaid to all

individuals with incomes up to 100

percent of the Federal poverty level
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(subject to limited cost sharing) and to

enroll all Medicaid beneficiaries in

managed care plans. The State also

proposes to streamline eligibility and

administrative processes and to develop

a subsidized small employer health

insurance plan.

Date Received: July 5, 1995.

State Contact: Michael Deily, Acting

Division Director, Utah Department of

Health, Division of Health Care

Financing, 288 North 1460 West, P.O.

Box 142901, Salt Lake City, UT 84114–

2901, (801) 538–6406.

Federal Project Officer: David Walsh,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Mail Stop C3–18–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

3. Approved Conceptual Proposals

(Awards of Waivers Pending).

No conceptual proposals were

approved during the month of October.

4. Approved Grant Proposals (Award of

Waivers Pending).

No grant proposals were awarded

during the month of October.

5. Approved Proposals.

The following comprehensive health

reform proposals were approved during

the month of October.

Demonstration Title/State: Kentucky

Partnership Plan—Kentucky.

Description: The State was awarded a

demonstration to implement the

‘‘Kentucky Partnership Plan,’’ an

amendment to its original proposal.

Under the demonstration, the State will

be divided into eight managed care

regions incorporating both public and

private providers into a single managed

care network which will offer the

standard State Medicaid benefit package

to all non-institutionalized Medicaid

beneficiaries. Mental health and longterm care services will continue to be

offered through the fee-for-service

system.

Date Received: June 19, 1995.

Date Approved: October 6, 1995.

State Contact: Larry A. McCarthy,

Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Department for Medicaid Services, 275

East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40621,

(502) 564–8196.

Federal Contact: Maria Boulmetis,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Mail Stop C3–18–26, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State:

SoonerCare—Oklahoma.

Description: Oklahoma will

implement a 5-year statewide managed

care demonstration using both fully and

partially capitated delivery systems. The

emphasis of the program is to address

access problems in rural areas by

encouraging the development of ruralbased managed care initiatives. The

State will employ traditional fully

capitated managed care delivery models

for urban areas and will introduce a

series of partial capitation models in the

rural areas of the State. All currently

eligible, non-institutionalized Medicaid

beneficiaries will be enrolled during the

first 2 years of the project.

Date Received: January 6, 1995.

Date Approved: October 12, 1995.

State Contact: Leigh Brown,

Oklahoma Health Care Authority, 4545

North Lincoln Blvd., Suite 124,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105, (405)

530–3269.

Federal Project Officer: Patricia

Selinger, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

6. Disapproved Proposals

No comprehensive health reform

proposals were disapproved during the

month of October.

7. Withdrawn Proposals

No comprehensive health reform

proposals were withdrawn during the

month of October.

B. Other Section 1115 Demonstration

Proposals

1. New Proposals

The following proposal was received

during the month of October:

Demonstration/Title: Medicaid Family

Planning Services for Women of Childbearing

Age—Arkansas.

Description: Arkansas seeks to extend

Medicaid eligibility for family planning

services only to postpartum women under

133 percent of the Federal poverty level who

would have lost benefits 60 days after

delivery. The demonstration will streamline

the application process for these women and

make income requirements less stringent.

Women will be eligible for family planning

benefits for 5 years or the length of the

demonstration.

Date Received: October 2, 1995.

State Contact: David Rickard, Arkansas

Department of Human Services, 329

Donaghey Building, P.O. Box 1437, Little

Rock, AK 72203–1437, (501) 682–8650.

Federal Contact: Rosemarie Hakim, Ph.D,

Health Care Financing Administration, Office

of Research and Demonstrations, Mail Stop

C3–24–07, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

2. Pending Proposals

Demonstration Title/State: Alternatives in

Medicaid Home Care Demonstration—

Colorado.

Description: Colorado proposes to conduct

a pilot project that eliminates the restriction

on provision of Medicaid home health

services in locations other than the

beneficiary’s place of residence. The proposal

would also permit nursing aides to perform

functions that historically have been

provided only by skilled nursing staff.

Medicaid beneficiaries participating in the

project will be adults (including both frail

elderly clients and younger clients with

disabilities) who can live independently and

self-direct their own care. The project would

provide for delegation of specific functions

from nurses to certified nurses aides, pay

nurses for shorter supervision and

monitoring visits, and allow higher payments

to aides performing delegated nursing tasks.

Currently, home health agency nursing and

nurse aide services are paid on a per visit

basis. Each visit is approximately 2–4 hours

in duration, and recipients must require

skilled, hands-on care.

Date Received: June 3, 1995.

State Contact: Dann Milne, Director,

Department of Health Care Policy, and

Financing, 1575 Sherman Street, Denver, CO

80203–1714, (303) 866–5912.

Federal Project Officer: Phyllis Nagy,

Health Care Financing Administration, Office

of Research and Demonstrations, Mail Stop

C3–21–06, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration/Title: Integrated Care and

Financing Project Demonstration—Colorado.

Description: Colorado proposes to conduct

an Integrated Care and Financing Project

demonstration. Specifically, the Colorado

Department of Health Care Policy and

Financing proposes to add institutional and

community-based long-term care services to

a health maintenance organization (HMO)

and make the HMO responsible for providing

comprehensive medical and supportive

services through one capitated rate. The

project would include all Medicaid eligibility

groups, including individuals with dual

eligibility.

Date Received: September 28, 1995.

State Contact: Dann Milne, Office of LongTerm Care System Development, State of

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy

and Financing, 1575 Sherman Street, Denver,

CO 80203–1714, (303) 866–5912.

Federal Contact: Melissa McNiff, Health

Care Financing Administration, Office of

Research and Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–

18–26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Georgia’s

Children’s Benefit Plan—Georgia.

Description: Georgia submitted a section

1115 proposal entitled ‘‘Georgia Children’s

Benefit Plan’’ to provide preventive and

primary care services to children aged 1

through 5 living in families with incomes

between 133 percent and 185 percent of the

Federal poverty level. The duration of the

project is 5 years with proposed project dates

of July 1, 1995 to June 30, 2000.

Date Received: December 12, 1994.

State Contact: Jacquelyn Foster-Rice,

Georgia Department of Medical Assistance, 2

Peachtree Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA

30303–3159, (404) 651–5785.

Federal Project Officer: Maria Boulmetis,

Health Care Financing, Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations, Mail
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Stop C3–18–26, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Family

Planning Services Section 1115 Waiver

Request—Michigan.

Description: Michigan seeks to extend

Medicaid eligibility for family planning

services to all women of childbearing

age with incomes at or below 185

percent of the Federal poverty level, and

to provide an additional benefit package

consisting of home visits, outreach

services to identify eligibility, and

reinforced support for utilization of

services. The duration of the project is

5 years.

Date Received: March 27, 1995.

State Contact: Gerald Miller, Director,

Department of Social Services, 235

South Grand Avenue, Lansing, MI

48909, (517) 335–5117.

Federal Project Officer: Suzanne

Rotwein, Ph.D., Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–24–07,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Montana

Mental Health Access Plan—Montana.

Description: Montana proposes to

provide all mental health services for

current Medicaid-eligible individuals

through managed care and to expand

Medicaid eligibility to persons with

incomes up to 200 percent of the

Federal poverty level. Newly eligible

individuals would receive only mental

health benefits, and would not be

eligible for other health services under

the demonstration. A single statewide

contractor would provide the mental

health services and also determine

eligibility, perform inspections, and

handle credentialing.

Date Received: June 16, 1995.

State Contact: Nancy Ellery, State

Medicaid Director, Department of Social

and Rehabilitation Services, P.O. Box

4210, 111 North Sanders, Helena, MT

59604–4210, (406) 444–4540.

Federal Project Officer: Nancy

Goetschius, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Family

Planning Proposal—New Mexico.

Description: New Mexico proposes to

extend Medicaid eligibility for family

planning services to all women of

childbearing age with incomes at or

below 185 percent of the Federal

poverty level.

Date Received: November 1, 1994.

State Contact: Bruce Weydemeyer,

Director, Division of Medical

Assistance, P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe,

NM 87504–2348, (505) 827–3106.

Federal Project Officer: Suzanne

Rotwein, Ph.D., Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–24–07,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State:

CHOICES—Citizenship, Health,

Opportunities, Interdependence,

Choices and Supports—Rhode Island.

Description: Rhode Island proposes to

consolidate all current State and Federal

funding streams for adults with

developmental disabilities under one

program using managed care/managed

competition.

Date Received: April 5, 1994.

State Contact: Susan Babin,

Department of Mental Health,

Retardation, and Hospitals, Division of

Developmental Disabilities, 600 New

London Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920,

(401) 464–3234.

Federal Project Officer: Melissa

McNiff, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–21–06,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Family

Planning Services Eligibility

Requirements Waiver—South Carolina.

Description: South Carolina proposes

to extend Medicaid coverage for family

planning services for 22 additional

months to postpartum women with

monthly incomes under 185 percent of

the Federal poverty level. The objectives

of the demonstration are to increase the

number of reproductive age women

receiving either Title XIX or Title X

funded family planning services

following the completion of a

pregnancy, increase the period between

pregnancies among mothers eligible for

maternity services under the expanded

eligibility provisions of Medicaid, and

estimate the overall savings in Medicaid

spending attributable to providing

family planning services to women for

2 years postpartum. The duration of the

proposed project would be 5 years.

Date Received: May 4, 1995.

State Contact: Eugene A. Laurent,

Executive Director, State Health and

Human Services Finance Commission,

P.O. Box 8206, Columbia, SC 29202–

8206, (803) 253–6100.

Federal Project Officer: Suzanne

Rotwein, Ph.D., Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–24–07,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: Wisconsin.

Description: Wisconsin proposes to

limit the amount of exempt funds that

may be set aside as burial and related

expenses for SSI-related Medicaid

beneficiaries.

Date Received: March 9, 1994.

State Contact: Jean Sheil, Division of

Economic Support, Wisconsin

Department of Health and Social

Services, 1 West Wilson Street, Room

650, P.O. Box 7850, Madison, WI 53707,

(608) 266–0613.

Federal Project Officer: J. Donald

Sherwood, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–16–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

3. Approved Conceptual Proposals

(Award of Waivers Pending)

No conceptual proposals were

awarded during the month of October.

4. Approved Proposals

The following proposal was approved

during the month of October.

Demonstration Title/State:

Demonstration of Integrated Care

Management Systems for High-Cost/

High-Risk Medicaid Beneficiaries—

Maryland.

Description: Maryland is testing a new

case management delivery system for

high-cost/high-risk Medicaid

beneficiaries and those at risk to become

high-cost. The program seeks to

maintain or improve access to providers

and the quality of the care provided.

The demonstration also should lower

health care costs by reducing hospital

readmission rates and by maintaining

patients in the lowest-cost medically

appropriate setting. The University of

Maryland Baltimore County Center for

Health Program Development and

Management, under contract to the

State, is responsible for the

demonstration’s operations.

Date Received: July 8, 1994.

Date Approved: October 6, 1995.

State Contact: Martin P. Wasserman,

M.D., J.D., Department of Health and

Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland, 201

West Preston Street, Baltimore, MD

21201, (410) 225–6500.

Federal Project Officer: William D.

Clark, Health Care Financing

Administration, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–21–06,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244–1850.

5. Disapproved Proposals

No proposals were disapproved

during the month of October.

6. Withdrawn Proposals

No proposals were withdrawn during

the month of October.
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IV. Requests for Copies of a Proposal

Requests for copies of a specific

Medicaid proposal should be made to

the State contact listed for the specific

proposal. If further help or information

is needed, inquiries should be directed

to HCFA at the address above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program, No. 93.779; Health Financing

Research, Demonstrations, and Experiments.)

Dated: December 8, 1995.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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Office of the Secretary

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)

has made final findings of scientific

misconduct in the following case:

Harry L. June, Ph.D., Indiana

University-Purdue University at

Indianapolis: On November 21, 1995,

ORI found that Harry L. June, Ph.D.,

Indiana University-Purdue University

(IUPUI) at Indianapolis, committed

scientific misconduct by falsifying three

letters of recommendation submitted

with and in support of a FIRST Award

application to the Public Health Service

(PHS).

Dr. June has entered into a Voluntary

Exclusion Agreement with ORI in which

he has accepted ORI’s finding and has

agreed to exclude himself voluntarily,

for the three (3) year period beginning

November 21, 1995, from serving in any

advisory capacity to PHS, including but

not limited to service on any PHS

advisory committee, board, and/or peer

review committee, or as a consultant.

In addition, Dr. June has voluntarily

agreed to accept the administrative

sanctions imposed by IUPUI, which

include requirements that Dr. June:

(1) Take a course in research ethics;

(2) Be supervised by a senior faculty

member for not less than three years;

and

(3) Submit all grant applications to his

supervisor for review for at least one

month prior to the agency deadline and

to the Dean’s office at least two weeks

prior to the agency deadline.

No scientific publications were

required to be corrected as part of this

Agreement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Director, Division of Research

Investigations, Office of Research

Integrity, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 700,

Rockville, MD 20852.

Lyle W. Bivens,

Director, Office of Research Integrity.

[FR Doc. 95–30602 Filed 12–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–17–P

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) will publish a list of

information collection requests under

OMB review, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

documents, call the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301)443–0525.

Evaluation of High Risk Youth

Substance Abuse Prevention

Initiatives—New—The Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

will conduct a cross-site evaluation of

approximately 50 demonstration

projects targeting high risk youth to

assess the effectiveness of the

demonstration program in:

(1)preventing and/or reducing substance

abuse among at-risk youth; and (2)

intervention strategies for reducing

selected risk factors and enhancing

protective factors. Youth participating

in the programs and comparison group

youth will complete self-administered

questionnaires at four points in time,

including baseline, program exit, and 6

months and 18 months following

program exit. The annual burden

estimate is shown below:

Number

of Respondents

Number

of responses

per respondent

Average

burden

per response

(hours)

Total

annual

burden

(hours)

Youth ........................................................................................................................................................ 12,000 1 0.433

hrs

5,205

hrs

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Virginia Huth, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10236, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

Dated: December 11, 1995.

Richard Kopanda,

Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 95–30565 Filed 12–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development

[Docket No. N–95–1917; FR–3778–N–66]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact Mark Johnston, room 7256,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW,

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)

708–1226; TDD number for the hearingand speech-impaired (202) 708–2565

(these telephone numbers are not tollfree), or call the toll-free Title V

information line at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 56 FR 23789 (May 24,

1991) and section 501 of the Stewart B.

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 11411), as amended, HUD is

publishing this Notice to identify

Federal buildings and other real