[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41966-41967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20453]


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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, Pub. L. 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: Reporting Requirements for the National Health 
Service Corps (NHSC) Non-Grant Sites--New--The National Health Service 
Corps (NHSC) is a component of the Bureau of Primary Health Care, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services. The mission of the NHSC is to assist in the 
development, recruitment, and retention of community-responsive, 
culturally competent, primary care providers to serve people in health 
professional shortage areas. The mission is implemented through 
assignment of personnel to 365 BPHC grant-supported health care sites 
and 312 sites receiving no grant support.
    The NHSC is required to collect specific data from the sites to 
which NHSC providers are assigned. For grant-supported sites, this is 
accomplished through the Uniform Data System (UDS)(OMB No. 0915-0193). 
The UDS data are utilized to comply with congressionally mandated 
actions such as billing sites for the reimbursement of the cost of NHSC 
assignees and preparing reports for Congress. The UDS data are also 
utilized for evaluating the overall effectiveness of the NHSC to 
include appropriateness of NHSC assignee placements and expenditure of 
funds.
    This request is to collect a subset of the UDS data from the non-
grant supported sites in order to facilitate full compliance with the 
congressionally mandated billing and reporting requirements.
    For this purpose a modified reporting tool with less burden has 
been developed for the non-grant supported sites which will collect 
information on services provided, populations served, staffing and 
utilization, finances, and managed care enrollment.
    The following burden table was developed based on experience with

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grant supported sites in completing the UDS:

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                                                   No. Of       Responses  per     Hours per        Total Hour  
             Type of instrument                 Respondents       Respondent        Response          Burden    
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Modified UDS................................             312                1              5.6            1,747 
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    The annual burden estimates shown above for the non-grant supported 
sites to complete the required six Tables will be refined through field 
testing at nine randomly selected sites.
    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: July 25, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-20453 Filed 8-1-97; 8:45 am]
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