[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10531]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:
    Proposed Project: Uniform Data System (OMB No. 0915-0193)--
Revision--This is a request for revision of approval of the Uniform 
Data System (UDS), which contains the 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 policymakers 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. 
Grantees are also 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). In 
addition, grantees need to include categories to some of the lists 
(e.g., services, ICD codes, CPT codes) and annotating the forms to 
indicate which lines are subtotals and the lines to which they sum.
    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.......................................................             712              24          17,088
Grant...........................................................              96              16           1,536
  Total.........................................................             712                          18,624
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: April 23, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-10531 Filed 4-26-01; 8:45 am]
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