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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 12-2154

NOTICES

Availability of Draft Preventive Health and Human Services Block Grant Application for Federal Fiscal Year 2013 and Notification of Public Hearing

[42 Pa.B. 6964]
[Saturday, November 3, 2012]

 The Department of Health (Department) is making copies available of the proposed Preventive Health and Human Services Block Grant Application for Federal Fiscal Year 2013 under section 1905 of the Public Health Service Act (act) (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 2020 Health Status Objectives.

 The block grant application is the Commonwealth's funding (fix formula-based) request to HHS describing proposed services, program goals and objectives and activities that are available for public comment. Copies (electronic or hard copy) of the proposals will be available on or after November 5, 2012, and can be obtained by calling the Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 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 section 1905 of the act. Comments and suggestions from the public should relate to the priorities and program plans included in the application.

 The hearing will be held from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m., November 7, 2012, in Conference Room 1000, Health and Welfare Building, 625 Forster Street, Harrisburg, PA. Persons wishing to testify are requested to preregister by contacting the Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 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. Testifiers 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 of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, 625 Forster Street, Room 1000, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, and should be received no later than 4 p.m., December 7, 2012.

 Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of the previously mentioned application (for example, large print or Braille) or wish to attend the public hearing or provide comment and require special accommodations to do so should notify the Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction at (717) 787-6214, or V/TT (717) 783-6514 for speech and/or hearing impaired per-sons, or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TT).

MICHAEL WOLF, 
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-2154. Filed for public inspection November 2, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]


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