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statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations, and other HRSA
<br />supported publications and forums describing projects or programs funded in whole or
<br />in part with HRSA funding. Examples of HRSA supported publications include, but are
<br />not limited to, manuals, toolkits, resource guides, case studies and issues briefs.
<br />10. Recipients and subrecipients of Federal funds are subject to the strictures of the
<br />Medicare and Medicaid antikickback statute (42 U.S.C. 1320a 7b(b) and should be
<br />cognizant of the risk of criminal and administrative liability under this statute,
<br />specifically under 42 U.S.C. 13207b(b) illegal remunerations which states, in part, that
<br />whoever knowingly and willfully: (A) Solicits or receives (or offers or pays) any
<br />remuneration (including kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or
<br />covertly, in cash or in kind, in return for referring (or to induce such person to refer) an
<br />individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or
<br />service, OR (B) In return for purchasing, leasing, ordering, or recommending purchasing,
<br />leasing, or ordering, or to purchase, lease, or order, any goods, facility, services, or item
<br />for which payment may be made in whole or in part under subchapter XIII of this
<br />chapter or a State health care program, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction
<br />thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than five
<br />years, or both.
<br />11. EO 13166, August 11, 2000, requires recipients receiving Federal financial assistance to
<br />take steps to ensure that people with limited English proficiency can meaningfully
<br />access health and social services. A program of language assistance should provide for
<br />effective communication between the service provider and the person with limited
<br />English proficiency to facilitate participation in, and meaningful access to, services. The
<br />obligations of recipients are explained on the OCR website at HHS Limited English
<br />Proficiency (LEP).
<br />12. This award is subject to the requirements of Section 106 (g) of the Trafficking Victims
<br />Protection Act of 2000, as amended (22 U.S.C. 7104). For the full text of the award term,
<br />go to:
<br />https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/grants/manage/traffickingin persons.pdf.
<br />13. The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
<br />Appropriations Act, 2019, Division H, § 202, (P.L 115245), enacted September 28, 2018,
<br />limits the salary amount that may be awarded and charged to HRSA Grants and
<br />cooperative agreements to the Federal Executive Pay Scale Level II rate set at $192,300,
<br />effective January, 2019. This amount reflects an individual's base salary exclusive of
<br />fringe benefits. An individual's institutional base salary is the annual compensation that
<br />the recipient organization pays an individual and excludes any income an individual may
<br />be permitted to earn outside the applicant organization duties. HRSA funds may not be
<br />used to pay a salary in excess of this rate. This salary limitation also applies to
<br />subrecipients under a HRSA Grant or cooperative agreement. The salary limitation does
<br />not apply to payments made to consultants under this award although, as with all costs,
<br />those payments must meet the test of reasonableness and be consistent with
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