Replacement of SAMHSA Appeals Policy With an Applicant Inquiry Process.

The SAMHSA Appeals System Policy was published in the Federal Register on June 23, 1993. Essentially, that policy provided a two- level appeals process for unsuccessful grant/cooperative agreement applicants to bring to the attention of the Agency a possible error in the grant review process. The purpose of this notification is to inform potential applicants that effective immediately, SAMHSA is replacing the appeals process as set forth in the June 23, 1993 Federal Register with an inquiry policy for grant or cooperative agreement applications. This notice clarifies the previous policy and provides for technical changes as to the process and to whom inquiries, referred to in the previous policy as ``appeals,'' are to be addressed as a result of the reorganization of the agency.