The Assistant Secretary for Health with the approval of the Secretary of Health and Human Services proposes to revise the regulations governing the Migrant Health Centers grant program. The Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978 made a number of changes in the statutory requirements governing the operation of the centers. The Amendments, among other things, change pharmacy services from supplemental to primary health services, make former migratory agricultural workers who are disabled eligible for services, establish priority for certain supplemental health services, provide an incentive for maximized collection of fees, permit conversion for certain centers from fee for service to prepaid operations and change the governing board requirements for public centers. The proposed revisions are intended to revise the present regulations consistent with the revised statutory provisions.

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