[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48297-48298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24347]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans, call the HRSA 
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    Proposed Project: Uniform Data System (OMB No. 0915-0193)--
Extension and Revision--This is a request for extension and revision of 
a reporting system, the Uniform Data System (UDS), that consolidated 
and replaced annual reporting requirements for the cluster of primary 
care grantees funded by the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The UDS includes 
reporting requirements for grantees of the following primary care 
programs: Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care 
for the Homeless, Outreach and Primary Health Services for Homeless 
Children and Public Housing Primary Care. Authorizing Legislation is 
found in Public Law 104-299, Health Center Consolidation Act of 1996, 
enacting Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.
    The Bureau of Primary Health Care collects data on its programs to 
ensure compliance with legislative mandates and to report to Congress 
and policy makers on program accomplishments. To meet these objectives, 
BPHC requires a core set of information collected annually that is 
appropriate for monitoring and evaluating performance and reporting on 
annual trends. The UDS includes two components: the Universal Report, 
completed by all grantees, provides data on services, staffing, and 
financing; and the Grant Report, completed by grantees funded under the 
Homeless or Public Housing Program as well as one of the other 
programs, provides data on characteristics of users whose services fall 
within the scope of the Homeless or Public Housing Program grant. The 
first UDS reports were collected March 31, 1997 and analysis of data 
indicates that several revisions should be made. Program officials have 
noted that additional information needs to be collected which was 
included in previous reporting systems but was deleted from the UDS. 
Grantees will be asked to provide information on the charges, 
collections, bad debt write off and contractual disallowances by payor 
sources (Medicaid, Medicare, self pay and private insurance). Existing 
UDS forms are being reviewed to determine how the revenue/income 
reporting can be modified to accommodate these changes. Additional 
revisions will include annotating the forms to indicate which lines are 
subtotals and the lines to which they sum.
    The proposed changes are not expected to add significantly to the 
reporting burden. Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as 
follows:

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                                                                     Number of       Hours per     Total burden 
                         Type of report                             respondents      response          hours    
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Universal Report................................................             694              24          16,656
Grant Report....................................................              88              16           1,408
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      Total.....................................................             694  ..............          18,064
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    Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this Notice.

    Dated: September 5, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-24347 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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