AUCDigest
January 23, 2007 • Volume 7, Number 1
HHS Announces $175 Million in Grant Opportunities for States to Assist Health Care Providers in the Gulf Coast Region. January 18, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt has announced the availability of $175 million in grant funds to help hospitals and health care providers that are suffering economic pressure as a result of Hurricane Katrina. These funds are being made available to the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, for acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) which face financial pressures as a result of changing wage rates that have not yet been reflected or adjusted for in Medicare payment methodologies.
President Bush Signs the Combating Autism Act of 2006. On December 19, 2006, President Bush signed the Combating Autism Act of 2006. It authorizes expanded activities related to research on and prevention and treatment of autism spectrum disorder through FY 2011. There are more than 1.5 million cases of autism in the United States.
New Acting Director Appointed for Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Mary Beth Buchanan has been appointed Acting Director of the US Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. As Acting Director, Ms. Buchanan serves as the liaison between the Department of Justice and Federal, State and International governments on the crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking. In this role, she is responsible for handling the Department's legal and policy issues regarding the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act and oversees an annual budget of almost $400 million.
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