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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-2034

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Availability of Draft Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant; Application for Federal Fiscal Year 2010

[39 Pa.B. 6393]
[Saturday, October 31, 2009]

 The Department of Health (Department) is making copies available of the draft Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant (block grant) Application for Federal Fiscal Year 2010, under 42 U.S.C.A. § 300w-4. This application is the Commonwealth's draft request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for block grant funding to address the Healthy People 2010 Health Status Objectives.

 The block grant application is Pennsylvania's funding (fix formula-based) request to HHS describing proposed services, program goals and objectives and activities that is available for public comment. Electronic or hard copies of the proposals can be obtained by calling the Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction (Bureau) at (717) 787-6214.

 A public hearing will be conducted by the Department for the purpose of receiving testimony on the previously-mentioned application in accordance with 42 U.S.C.A. § 300w-4. Comments and suggestions from the public should relate to the priorities and program plans included in the application.

 The hearing will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., November 9, 2009, in the Conference Room 1000, Health and Welfare Building, 625 Forster Street, Harrisburg, PA. Persons wishing to testify are requested to preregister by contacting the Bureau at (717) 787-6214. Registration will be accepted on the day of the hearing. Persons will be allotted a maximum of 15 minutes to testify. Individuals should provide the Department with two copies of their testimony at the time of the hearing.

 Written comments will be accepted and should be sent to the Bureau at the address listed previously and should be received no later than 4 p.m., December 10, 2009.

 Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of the application or desire to comment in alternative format (for example, large print, audio tape or Braille) or wish to attend the hearing and require special accommodations, should notify the Bureau at (717) 787-6214, or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons V/TT (717) 783-6514, or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TT).

EVERETTE JAMES, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-2034. Filed for public inspection October 30, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]


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