Arra - Licensure Portability Grant Program

 

Provide support for State professional licensing boards to carry out programs under which licensing boards of various States cooperate to develop and implement State policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine.

Deleted 03/03/2014 (Archived.) 93.410 Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration Project Grants Not Applicable. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Public Law 111-5 (through 2/28/12), Public Law 111-5. Eligible applicants include State professional licensing boards, including national organizations of professional licensing boards that provide services to State licensing boards. See above. Applicants should review the individual HRSA funding opportunity announcement issued under this CFDA program for any required proof or certifications which must be submitted prior to or simultaneous with submission of an application package. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-110 applies to this program. HRSA requires all applicants to apply electronically through Grants.gov. All qualified applications will be forwarded to an objective review committee. Based on the advice of the objective review committee, the HRSA program official with delegated authority is responsible for final selection and funding decisions. Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines. From 30 to 60 days. Refer to the funding opportunity announcement. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. For non-competing continuation funding for Telehealth grantees will be based upon an evaluation of each of the grantee’s first two years of performance, the third year program design, and expenditure justifications. For FY 2010, the Agency developed program guidance to facilitate a competition for the 3-year FY 2010 through FY 2012 project period. LPGP - Grant funds are used for salaries, equipment, software development, operating, or other costs associated with developing legislative, administrative, and technical projects to address licensure barriers that hinder the practice of telemedicine across state lines. Grant funds may also be used for activities involving significant expansion of existing state agreements for cross-state recognition of professional licenses to other states. All projects funded with ARRA funds are subject to special quarterly reporting requirements as outlined in Section 1512 of the Recovery Act. Annual progress and financial reports are required 90 days from the end of the budget period and the final performance report and final financial reports are due 90 days from the end of the project period. Progress reports are to be submitted every 6 months. Cash reports are not applicable. All projects funded with ARRA funds are subject to special quarterly reporting requirements as outlined in Section 1512 of the Recovery Act. All projects funded with ARRA funds are subject to special quarterly reporting requirements as outlined in Section 1512 of the Recovery Act. Performance monitoring is not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. Grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years after the date they submit the Federal Financial Report (FFR). If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the award has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Two-year project period. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Grantee drawdown funds, as necessary, from the Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is the centralized web based payment system for HHS awards. See Regional Agency Offices. Carlos Mena, MS, Public Health Analyst, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth,Office of Health Information Technology, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Ln, RM 10B-11
Rockville, MD 20857, Tel: (301) 443-3198. Carlos Mena, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 10B-11, Rockville, Maryland 20857 Phone: (301) 443-3198. No Data Available 75-0351-0-1-550. (Project Grants) FY 11 $0; FY 12 est $0; and FY 13 est $0 - ARRA projects began on March 1, 2010 with one-time funding total of $997,900. ARRA LPGP – Average award approximately $500,000. This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR Part 92 for State, local and tribal governments and 45 CFR Part 74 for institutions of higher education, hospitals, other nonprofit organizations and commercial organizations.

HRSA awards are subject to the requirements of the HHS Grants Policy Statement (HHS GPS) that are applicable based on recipient type and purpose of award. The HHS GPS is available at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants. Not Applicable.