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Office, Bureau of Competition, Room

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3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public

Health Service Activities and Research

at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites:

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

Health Effects Subcommittee and

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

Worker Epidemiologic Study Public

Meetings: Date Change

Federal Register Citation of Previous

Announcement: 60 FR 58629—dated

November 28, 1995.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

meeting date for the Idaho National

Engineering Laboratory Worker

Epidemiologic Study Public Meeting

(INEL), of the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) has

changed. The meeting time, place,

status, purpose, and matters to be

discussed announced in the original

notice remain unchanged.

ORIGINAL DATE: December 13, 1995.

NEW DATE: December 12, 1995.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., or

Nadine Dickerson, Radiation Studies

Branch, Division of Environmental

Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC,

4770 Buford Highway, NE., (F–35),

Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3724, telephone

770/488–7040, FAX 770/488–7044.

Dated: December 6, 1995.

Nancy C. Hirsch,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Health Care Financing Administration

[ORD–081–N]

New and Pending Demonstration

Project Proposals Submitted Pursuant

to Section 1115(a) of the Social

Security Act: August and September

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

months of August and September 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disapproved, pending, or withdrawn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

Months of August and September 1995

A. Comprehensive Health Reform

Programs

1. New Proposals

No new proposals were received

during the month of August.

The following comprehensive health

reform proposals were received during

the month of September.
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Demonstration Title/State: The

Georgia Behavioral Health Plan—

Georgia.

Description: Georgia proposes to

provide behavioral health services

under a managed care system through

the 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 become newly eligible.

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: 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 Contract: 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.

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, PO. 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: 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: Kentucky

Health Care Partnership—Kentucky.

Description: Kentucky proposes to

enroll all non-institutional AFDC,

AFDC-related, and aged, blind, and

disabled Medicaid-eligible individuals

in regional managed care networks

operated by a sole-source contractor.

The proposed start date of the

demonstration is December 1, 1995.

Date Received: June 19, 1995.

State Contact: Larry A. McCarthy,

Director, Program Development and

Budget, Department of Medicaid

Services, 275 East Main Street,

Frankfort, KY 40621, (406) 444–4540.

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: 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
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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. The proposed enrollment date

for Home Relief and AFDC recipients is

November 1, 1995, followed by a 1-year

enrollment period for the supplemental

security income (SSI) population

beginning January 1, 1997.

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:

SoonerCare—Oklahoma.

Description: Oklahoma proposes to

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.

State Contact: Dr. Garth Splinter,

Oklahoma Health Care Authority,

Lincoln Plaza, 4545 North Lincoln

Blvd., Suite 124, Oklahoma City, OK

73105, (405) 530–3439.

Federal Project Officer: Helaine I.

Fingold, 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

(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 months of August

and September.

4. Approved Grant Proposals (Award of

Waivers Pending)

No grant proposals were awarded

during the months of August and

September.

5. Approved Proposals

No proposals were approved during

the months of August and September.

6. Disapproved Proposals

No comprehensive health reform

proposals have been disapproved since

January 1, 1993.

7. Withdrawn Proposals

No comprehensive health reform

proposals were withdrawn during the

months of August and September.

B. Other Section 1115 Demonstration

Proposals

1. New Proposals

No new proposals were received

during the month of August.

The following proposal was received

during the month of September:

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

Long-Term 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.

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
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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/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 Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

Demonstration Title/State: High Cost

User Initiative—Maryland.

Description: Maryland proposes to

implement an integrated case

management system for high-cost, highrisk Medicaid beneficiaries.

Date Received: July 8, 1994.

State Contact: John Folkemer,

Maryland Department of Health and

Mental Hygiene, Office of Medical

Assistance Policy, 201 West Preston

Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, (410) 225–

5206.

Federal Project Officer: William Clark,

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 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.
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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 months of August

and September.

4. Approved Proposals

No proposals were approved during

the months of August and September.

5. Disapproved Proposals

No proposals were disapproved

during the months of August and

September.

6. Withdrawn Proposals

No proposals were withdrawn during

the months of August and September.

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: November 30, 1995.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Diseases: Licensing

Opportunity and/or Opportunity for a

Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (CRADA) for

the Development of Influenza A PB2

Gene Technology

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health,

Public Health Service, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Institutes of

Health is seeking licensees and/or

CRADA Collaborators for the joint

research, development, evaluation, and

commercialization of its influenza A

polymerase basic 2 (PB2) patent

portfolio. The inventions claimed in

U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 08/

123,933 (‘‘Method for Generating

Influenza A Viruses Bearing Attenuating

Mutations in Internal Protein Genes,’’

filed September 20, 1993), and its

related patent applications, are available

for either co-exclusive or non-exclusive

licensing (in accordance with 35 U.S.C.

207 and 37 CFR Part 404) and/or further

development under one or more

CRADAs for important clinical and

research applications described below

in the Supplementary Information

section.

DATES: License applications must be

received on or before March 11, 1996.

CRADA proposals should be received

on or before April 11, 1996 for priority

consideration. However, CRADA

proposals submitted thereafter will be

considered until a suitable CRADA

Collaborator is selected.

ADDRESSES: CRADA proposals and

questions about this opportunity should

be addressed to: Claire T. Driscoll,

Technology Transfer Manager, National

Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases, National Institutes of Health,

Building 31, Room 3B62, 9000 Rockville

Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892; Telephone:

301/496–2644; Fax: 301/402–7123; Email: cd68y@nih.gov.

Licensing proposals and questions

about this opportunity should be

addressed to: Cindy K. Fuchs, J.D.,

Technology Licensing Specialist, Office

of Technology Transfer, National

Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive

Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, MD

20852–3804; Telephone: 301/496–7735

ext. 232; Fax: 301/402–0220; E-mail:

CindylFuchs@nih.gov.

Information on the patent

applications and pertinent information

not yet publicly disclosed can be

obtained under a Confidential

Disclosure Agreement. Respondees

interested in licensing the invention(s)

will be required to submit an

Application for License to Public Health

Service Inventions. Respondees

interested in submitting a CRADA

proposal should be aware that it may be

necessary to secure a license to the

above patent rights in order to

commercialize products arising from a

CRADA agreement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

invention involves the use of modern

molecular virologic techniques to

introduce temperature sensitive (ts)

attentuating mutations into a

complementary DNA (cDNA) copy of

the influenza A polymerase basic 2

(PB2) protein gene and to recover

viruses bearing the mutant PB2 gene.

Viral RNA (vRNA) transcribed in vitro

from the PB2 DNA is transfected into

avian kidney cells in the presence of an

influenza A helper virus. The PB2 gene

of the helper virus, which restricts its

replication in mammalian cells, is

substituted by the transfected mutant

PB2 gene, which is known to function

efficiently in mammalian cells. Using

this system it has been possible to

introduce three attenuating temperature

sensitive mutations into the PB2 gene

and to recover an infectious virus

bearing this triple mutant gene. The

virus bearing this mutant gene was

highly attenuated in animals, was stable

genetically even after prolonged

replication in immunosuppressed

rodents, and induced resistance to

challenge with wild type influenza A

virus. This gene can now be transferred

from a donor virus to new epidemic or

pandemic variants of influenza A virus

as they appear in nature. The end result

is a live attenuated reassortant influenza

A virus vaccine that not only contains

an attenuating PB2 gene from the

attenuated donor but also the protective

antigens, i.e., the hemagglutinin and

neuraminidase glycoproteins, from the

newly emerged wild type virus. Such a

reassortant virus can serve as a

protective vaccine, when administered

into the respiratory tract of a vaccine,

against disease caused by the epidemic

influenza A viruses.

To speed the research, development,

and commercialization of these agents,

the NIH is seeking one or more license

agreements and/or CRADAs with

pharmaceutical or biotechnology

companies in accordance with the

regulations governing the transfer of

Government-developed agents.

Proposals relating to any biomedical

area will be considered.

The CRADA aims will include the

rapid publication of research results

consistent with protection of proprietary

information and patentable inventions

as well as the timely exploitation of

commercial opportunities. The CRADA

Collaborator will enjoy the benefits of

first negotiation for licensing

Government rights to any inventions

arising under the agreement and will

advance funds payable upon signing the

CRADA to help defray Government

expenses for patenting such inventions

and other CRADA-related costs.

The role of the National Institute of

Allergy and Infectious Diseases will be

as follows: