Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice of Intent to award Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding to the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) to educate public health laboratories about the Environmental Public Tracking Network as a potential data tool for laboratories. This award was proposed in the grantee's Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Non-Competing Continuation applications under funding opportunity Cooperative Agreement HM10-1001, “APHL-CDC Partnership for Quality Laboratory Practice.”
AGENCY:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to award Affordable Care Act (ACA) appropriations to the Association of Public Health Laboratories. These activities are proposed by the above-mentioned grantee in their FY 2012 applications submitted under funding opportunity HM10-1001, “APHL-CDC Partnership for Quality Laboratory Practice,” Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number (CFDA): 93.065.
Approximately $20,076 in ACA funding will be awarded to the grantee for communication and education activities designed to raise awareness among public health laboratories about the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Funding is appropriated under the Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148), Section 4002 [42 U.S.C. 300u-11]; (Prevention and Public Health Fund).
Pub. L. 111-148Accordingly, CDC adds the following information to the previously published funding opportunity announcement of HM10-1001:
— Authority: Section 317(k)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, [42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2)], as amended, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 4002 [42 U.S.C. 300u-11].
— CFDA #: 93.538 Affordable Care Act—National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program-Network Implementation.
Award Information: Type of Award: Non-Competing Continuation Cooperative Agreement.
Approximate Total Current Fiscal Year ACA Funding: $20,076.
Anticipated Number of Awards: 1.
Fiscal Year Funds: 2012.
Anticipated Award Date: July 2, 2012.
Application Selection Process: Funding will be awarded to applicant based on results from the technical review recommendation.
Funding Authority: CDC will add the ACA Authority to that which is reflected in the published Funding Opportunity CDC-RFA-HM10-1001. The revised funding authority language will read:
—This program is authorized under Section 317(k)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, [42 U.S.C. 247b], as amended, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Section 4002 [42 U.S.C. 300u-11].
DATES:
The effective date for this action is the date of publication of this Notice and remains in effect until the expiration of the project period of the ACA funded applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annie Harrison-Camacho, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, telephone (770) 488-2098, email Annie.HarrisonCamacho@cdc.gov.