1397 Availability of draft preventive health and health services block grant application for Federal fiscal year 2001

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Availability of Draft Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Application for Federal Fiscal Year 2001

[30 Pa.B. 4299]

   The Department of Health (Department) is making copies available of the draft Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Application for FFY 2001, under 42 U.S.C.A. § 300 w-4. This application is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's draft request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for block grant funding to address the Healthy People 2000/2010 Health Status Objectives.

   The block grant application (Pennsylvania's funding request to HHS) describing proposed services, program goals, and objectives and activities will be available on or after August 18, 2000, and can be obtained by calling the Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention at [phone]. Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of the mentioned application (for example, large print, audio tape, Braille) should also contact the Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention at [phone] or at V/TT [phone] or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone] [TT].

   A public hearing will be conducted by the Department for the purpose of receiving testimony on the mentioned application in accordance with 42 U.S.C.A. § 300 w-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 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., September 12, 2000, in the Conference Room 628, Health and Welfare Building, 7th and Forster Streets, Harrisburg, PA. Persons wishing to testify are requested to pre-register by contacting the Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention at [phone]. Registration will be accepted on the day of the hearing. Persons will be allotted a maximum of 15 minutes to testify. Persons testifying 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 Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention, Room 933, Health and Welfare Building, P. O. Box 90, Harrisburg, PA 17108, and should be received no later than 4 p.m., September 12, 2000.

   Persons with a disability who desire to comment in alternative format (for example, large print, audio tape, Braille) should notify the Bureau of Chronic Diseases and Injury Prevention at [phone] or at V/TT [phone] for speech and/or hearing impaired persons or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services [phone] [TT].

ROBERT S. ZIMMERMAN, Jr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-1397. Filed for public inspection August 11, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]