[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6632-6633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1611]


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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) publishes 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 and draft instruments, 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)--Revision

    This is to request a 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 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. 
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 Report................................................             712              24          17,088
Grant Report....................................................              96              16           1,536
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Total...........................................................             712  ..............          18,624
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: January 12, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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