Grant Funds For Establishment of Alternate Non-Emergency Services Providers

The summary for the Grant Funds For Establishment of Alternate Non-Emergency Services Providers grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Grant Funds For Establishment of Alternate Non-Emergency Services Providers: Effective January 1, 2007, Section 6043, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public Law No. 109-171, "Emergency Room Co-payments for Non-Emergency Care," provides for a new State Option for Permitting Hospitals to Impose Cost Sharing for Non-Emergency Care Furnished in an Emergency Department. As part of this provision, grants funds are authorized to establish alternate non-emergency services. The grant funding amount is $50,000,000 over 4 years. This grant solicitation is $37,500,000 for obligation in FY 2008 (this amount includes funding carried over from FY 2006 and 2007) and $12,500,000 million for obligation in FY 2009.