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Newsletter of the New England Rural Health RoundTable

Federal Budget Update

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FY2001
Final
Appropriation

FY2002
Final Appropriation

FY2003
National Rural Health Assoc. Request

FY2003 President’s Budget

FY2003
Senate Budget

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Programs/HRSA

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

Rural Health Outreach and Network Grants

$37.7 (includes $6.8 Mississippi Delta Initiative) (Does not include $20.5 earmarks)

$37.9 (includes $6.8 Mississippi Delta Initiative) (Does not include $13.6 earmarks)

$60 (requests base funding not drop below 2001 amt.)

$37.9 (includes $6.8 Mississippi River Delta Initiative)

$51.5 (includes $6.8 Mississippi River Delta Initiative)

State Offices of Rural Health

$4 (in National Health Service Corps line)

$8 (in National Health Service Corps line)

$8

$4

$12

Rural Hospital Flex (CAH) Program

$25

$25

$40

$25

$30

Rural Hospital PPS, HIPAA, and QI (SHIP grants)

0

$15

Included in Rural Hosp. Flex  Program Amt. (?)

0

$20

Rural Automatic Defribillator Devices & Training

0

$12.5

Not addressed

$2

$12.5

Rural Health Research Centers

$6.1

(Does not include $7.3 earmarks)

$10

(Does not include $6.8 earmarks)

$20

$6

$16.8

Other Related Programs

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

Telehealth Grants (OAT)

$5.6

(Does not include $30.4 earmarks)

$6.1

(Does not include $33.1 earmarks)

Not addressed

$5.6

$39.2

Consolidated Community Health Centers

$1168.7

$1343.7

$1544

$1433.9

$1483.6

National Health Service Corps.

$125.4

$145.5

$250

$191.5

$189.4

Area Health Education Centers & Health Education Training Centers

$37.8

$37.8

Not addressed specifically; $690 requested for health professions

0

$18.1

Burdick Rural Interdiscliplinary Training Program

$6

$7

Not addressed specifically; $690 requested for health professions

0

$3.8

Community Access Program

$125

$105

Not addressed

0

$120

Fall 2002 Newsletter
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