[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28810]



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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: Uncompensated Services Assurance Report (OMB No. 
0915-0077)--Extension

    Under the Hill-Burton Act, the Government provides grants and loans 
for construction or renovation of health care facilities. As a 
condition of receiving this construction assistance, facilities are 
required to provide services to persons unable to pay. A condition of 
receiving this assistance requires facilities to provide assurances 
periodically that the required level of uncompensated care is being 
provided, and that certain notification and recordkeeping procedures 
are being followed. These requirements are referred to as the 
uncompensated services assurance.

                                    Estimate of Information Collection Burden
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     Type of requirement and         Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
       regulatory citation          Respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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Disclosure Burden (42 CFR):
    Published Notices                        389               1             389            0.75             292
     (124.504(a))...............
    Individual Notices                       389               1             389            43.6          16,960
     (124.504(c))...............
    Determinations of                        389             396         154,044            0.75         115,533
     Eligibility (124.507)......
Reporting:
    Uncompensated Services                    10               1              10            11.0             110
     Report--HRSA-710 Form
     (124.509(a))...............
Application for Compliance
 Alternatives:
    Public Facilities (124.513).               4               1               4             6.0              24
    Small Obligation Facilities                0
     (124.514(c))...............
    CHC, MHC, NHSC                             0
     (124.515(b)(2)(ii) and
     124.515(b)(3)(iii)(B)).....
    Charitable Facilities                      2               1               2             6.0              12
     (124.516(c))...............
Annual Certification for
 Compliance Alternatives:
    Public Facilities                        195               1             195             0.5              98
     (124.509(b))...............
    Charitable Facilities                     26               1              26             0.5              13
     (124.509(b))...............
    Small Obligation Facilities                1               1               1             0.5             0.5
     (124.509(c))...............
Complaint Information
 (124.511(a)):
    Individuals.................              10               1              10            0.25               3
    Facilities..................              10               1              10             0.5               5
Total Reporting and Notification             617  ..............         155,080  ..............         133,051
 Burden.........................
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                                                                  Number of                         Total hour
                  Recordkeeping requirements                    recordkeepers    Hours per year       burden
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Non-alternative Facilities (124.510(a))......................             389               50           19,450
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 29, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-28810 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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