[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 55397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18757]


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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) of 
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and 
Budget (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 of other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Standardized Data Collection for Health Center 
Grantees Requesting Changes in Sites or Services: New

    The scope of project for health centers funded under section 330 of 
the Public Health Service Act defines the activities that the total 
approved grant-related project budget supports. Based on regulations 
outlined in Title 45, Parts 74 and 92 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, health center grantees must obtain prior approval for 
changes in the approved scope of project to ensure that any changes 
maintain a close connection with the program as approved in the grant 
application. The following are changes in scope for which HRSA is 
developing a standard data collection format: an increase or decrease 
in the number of sites, certain relocations of sites previously 
approved in the health center's grant application, and adding or 
dropping a service previously approved in the grant application.
    HRSA is planning to automate the current process for submitting and 
reviewing requests for changes in scope listed above. The automated 
system will be part of HRSA's Electronic Handbooks Initiative, which is 
designed to streamline the grants application and administration 
process, and enable applicants and grantee organizations to communicate 
with HRSA and conduct activities electronically.
    The burden estimate for this project is as follows:

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                         Average number of
Number of respondents      responses per         Total responses       Hours per response    Total burden hours
                             respondent
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              300                      1                    300                     12                  3,600
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 10-33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: September 14, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-18757 Filed 9-20-05; 8:45 am]
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