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reasonable cost-related reimbursement

under Medicaid and Medicare for a full

range of primary health care services.

The application for FQHC certification

is divided into four components: (1)

Need and Community Impact, (2) Health

Services, (3) Management and Finance,

and (4) Governance. Certified FQHC

Look-Alikes must submit an annual

recertification document with updated

exhibits to retain designation as an

FQHC.

In an effort to improve the procedures

for certifying FQHCs, HRSA is

considering revising the FQHC LookAlike application (with parallel changes

made to the recertification

requirements). The revised version

would update the application guidelines

and exhibits to reflect current law,

regulations, and practice. A revised

application may also include more

specific guidance on how applicants

should document existing unmet need

in the community.

These revisions will be developed

during the next year and submitted for

OMB approval in 1998. In the interim,

a request for a two-year extension of

OMB approval of the current forms is

being submitted. Only minor technical

changes have been made to the forms.

Estimates of annualized hour burden are

as follows:

Form name Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Hours per

response

Total burden hours

Application ........................................................................................................................ 70 1 120 8,400

Recertification ................................................................................................................... 231 1 20 4,620

Total ........................................................................................................................... 301 1 43 13,020

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Virginia Huth, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: February 10, 1997.

J. Henry Montes,

Director, Office of Policy and Information

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–4957 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) will publish a list of

information collection requests under

OMB review, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

documents, call the SAMHSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–0525.

Alcohol and Drug Services Study

(ADSS) Phase II/III—New—Phases II

and III of the ADSS will continue the

collection of linked information on

substance abuse treatment begun in the

Phase I facility level survey. Phase II

involves on-site interviews with

administrators at 270 treatment facilities

and a a record abstraction of client-level

data on 8,800 treatment clients. Phase III

consists of client followup interviews to

determine post-discharge substance

abuse, criminal activity, employment,

and other social functioning. ADSS will

provide researchers, policy makers, and

providers with detailed national data on

the current substance abuse treatment

delivery system and clients in the

system. The annualized burden is

shown below.

No. of respondents

No. of responses/respondent

Avg. burden/response Total study burden Annualized burden

Treatment Facilities ................................................... 270 1.33 1.755 hours ............ 630 hours ............... 126 hours

Clients ....................................................................... 8,800 3.38 1.125 hours ............ 29,700 hours .......... 5,940 hours.

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)—Extension of a currently approved collection—The Drug Abuse Warning

Network (DAWN) collects data on drug-related medical emergencies and deaths as reported from about 650 hospitals

and medical examiners nationwide. Used by Federal, State and local agencies, this on-going data system supports efforts

to identify drug abuse trends; assesses health hazards associated with substance abuse; and schedules substances under

the Controlled Substances Act. The annual burden estimate is 15,972 hours as shown below:

No.of respondents

No.of responses per

respondent

Average burden per

response

Gross burden hoursIR 1 reporting hours

Total adjusted burden hours

Hospitals ............................................................... 500 368 0.133 hrs. ............... 24,480 10,282 14,198

Medical Examiners ............................................... 150 123 0.160 hrs. ............... 2,957 1,183 1,774

1There is no burden associated with reporting by Independent Reporters (IRs), therefore these hours are not included in the Total Adjusted

Burden Hours.

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collections

should be sent within 30 days of this

notice to: Virginia Huth, Human

Resources and Housing Branch, Office

of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10236,

Washington, D.C. 20503.
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Dated: February 21, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4200–N–32]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: April 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Erie T. Davis, Jr., CFO Management

Staff, Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,

Room 2102, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick Wallis, Telephone number (202)

708–0313 (this is not a toll-free number)

for copies of the proposed forms and

other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

The Notice is soliciting comments

from interested persons regarding the

burden estimated or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

any of the following subject: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: HUD–27053,

Request for Grant Payment, HUD–

27053A, Request for Homeless Grant

Payment, HUD–27054 LOCCS Voice

Response Access Authorization.

OMB Control Number: 2535–0102.

Description of the need for the

information and the proposed use:

HUD/CFO decided to process requests

for payments to its grant recipients

through a Voice Response System after

the Department of Treasury closed

down its Treasury Financial

Communications System—Letter of

Credit (TRCS–LOC) at the end of

calendar year 1990. Under Voice

Response, a caller submits a payment

request directly to HUD using a touch

tone telephone. The caller is greeted by

a ‘‘DEC–TALK Simulator’’ prompting

the caller to enter numbers and symbols

from the touch tone keypad. The above

mentioned forms will be used in lieu of

the SF–270, Request for Advance or

Reimbursement or the TFS–5805,

Request for Funds, or the FMS–5401,

Payment Voucher on Letter of Credit

pursuant to the requirements of Circular

A–102, A–110, and TFM 6–2000. These

forms impose no additional burden on

the recipient except for filling out the

access authorization form. Recipients

will fill out these forms in order to

request payment of grant funds or to

designate the appropriate officials who

can have access to the HUD voice

activated payment system. The request

for payment forms have been specially

designed to help the recipient when

calling in for a request of funds. These

forms will be used in lieu of the SF–270,

Request for Advance or Reimbursement

or the SF–5805, Request for Funds. In

addition, these forms will be used as an

internal control feature instituted to

support and safeguard Federal funds, as

well as provide a service to the

recipients. The voice activated payment

concept is the latest in technology and

provides a recipient a fast, reliable

method to obtain Federal funding. This

method should improve the payment

process because the recipient will know

before he/she hangs up the phone

whether their request will be paid or

who to call if there is a problem and the

request was not processed by the

system. All requests processed by the

system will be paid by ACH within 48

hours. No duplication is involved with

these forms since HUD will not require

the SF–270, Request for Advance or

Reimbursement. HUD is not using the

SF–270, Request for Advance or

Reimbursement because we wanted a

custom designed form to prompt the

caller to enter numbers and symbols

from a touch tone keypad. The SF–270,

Request for Advance or Reimbursement

would not easily facilitate this type of

payment method. The associated burden

is the minimum needed to request

payment of funds. The Voice Response

System will accept request of funds

from a recipient on a daily basis.

However, a recipient should be using

good cash management practices and

request payment of HUD funds

administratively close to when they

have to pay their bills. Therefore, the

frequency a recipient requests funds

will depend upon the types of activities

he or she is managing. We [HUD] do not

violate the guidelines of 5 CFR 1320.6.

We consulted only with the Department

of Health and Human Services in

February 1990, concerning their system

and the costs associated with using it.

This payment system will require that

the latest security features be installed

to deter excessive fraudulent payments.

Only a limited number of authorized

officials will have access to the system

for updating purposes. No sensitive

questions are asked. Cost to the Federal

Government is based on approximately

$.03 a copy for the form HUD–27054

and $.08 a copy for forms HUD–27053

and HUD–27053A to be printed and

distributed (including overhead) to

recipients; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Number of

Respondents: 2,000; Total Annual

Responses: 237,200; Total Annual

Hours: 41,133.

Agency form numbers: HUD–27053,

HUD–27053A, HUD–27054.

Members of affected public: State,

Local or Tribal Governments, not-forprofit institutions.

An estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection is 41,133, number of

respondents is 2,000, frequency of

response is annually and the total

annual responses is 237,200.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

William H. Eargle, Jr.,

Deputy Chief Financial Officer for

Accounting.

[FR Doc. 97–5015 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

[Docket No. FR–4124–N–27]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.