1. Community Health Centers:
a. New Community Health Centers which will apply for a “New Access Point” grant to receive Public Health Service Act Section 330 (PHS 330) funding as a federally qualified Community Health Center.
b. Existing Community Health Centers.
c. Existing Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes (FQHC-LAs).
d. Eligible Community Health Centers do not include other types of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) including, but not limited to, migrant and homeless clinics.
2. Rural Health Clinics:
a. New Rural Health Clinics which will apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to receive designation as a Rural Health Clinic.
b. Existing Rural Health Clinics.
3. Clinics Awarded in 2013:
Clinics which received an award under the Program in 2013 are eligible to apply; however, new applicants will have higher priority and current project and award status will be considered during the selection process.
4. Additional Eligibility Requirements:
a. An electronic health record, or inclusion of an electronic health record in the applied for project, that has been certified under the Certified IT Product List (CHPL). The CHPL is available at
http://onc-chpl.force.com/ehrcert.
b. Approval to apply for a grant under the Program from the Board of County Commissioners of the applicable county which is no more than six (6) months old at the time of the application.
