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FCC RIN: 3060-AI85 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Rural Health Care Support Mechanism; FCC 06-144 (WC Docket No. 02-60)  
Abstract: The Commission has established a Pilot Program under the Universal Service Fund rural health care mechanism, which will fund up to 85 percent of the cost of building statewide and regional broadband networks connecting not-for-profit and public health care providers, and connecting these networks to Internet2 or National Lamda Rail, as well as to the public Internet. In November 2007, the Commission selected 69 entities (now 62 due to mergers) to participate in the Pilot Program. In February 2010, the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau extended by one year, to June 30, 2011, the deadline for participants to select a vendor and request funding commitments under the Pilot Program. On July 15, 2010, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on reforms to the Universal Service health care support mechanism consistent with the recommendations set forth in the National Broadband Plan to expand the reach and use of broadband connectivity for and by public and non-profit health care providers. 
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 54   
Legal Authority: 47 USC 254(h)    47 USC 151    47 USC 154(i)    47 USC 201 to 205    47 USC 214    47 USC 403   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Order  11/08/2006  71 FR 65517   
Order on Recon  02/06/2007    
Order  02/14/2008  73 FR 8670   
Order (Release Date)  02/18/2010    
NPRM  08/09/2010  75 FR 48236   
Next Action Undetermined  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.fcc.gov/cgb/rural/rhcp.html  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Erica Myers
Federal Communications Commission
Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554
Phone:202 418-2429
Email: erica.myers@fcc.gov