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DHHS outlines HR1 rural health grant timeline; states must apply quickly and cannot supplant existing funding
Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services briefed the Budget Section on HR1, the federal Rural Health Transformation program that allocates baseline and competitive workload funding to states. North Dakota is preparing a single application due Nov. 5; DHHS emphasized workforce, right‑sizing rural delivery and chronic disease as priorities and
Sarah Acre, executive director of medical services at the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, briefed the Budget Section on HR1 (the Rural Health Transformation program) and the compressed federal timeline for the state application.
Acre said HR1 provides $50 billion to states over five years, split evenly between baseline funding (equal allocations to approved states) and workload (competitive) funding that CMS will score based on demographic factors and the policy merits of a state’s application. States submit a single application covering five years (HHS said…
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