[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 231 (Friday, November 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59798-59799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29745]


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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

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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: Application for Certification and Recertification 
as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike (OMB No. 
0915-0142): Revision

    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) proposes to 
revise the application guide used by organizations applying for 
certification or recertification as a Federally Qualified Health Center 
(FQHC) Look-Alike for purposes of cost-based reimbursement under the 
Medicaid and Medicare programs. The guide will be revised to reflect 
legislative, policy, and technical changes since October 1999, the 
issuance date of the last guidance. Revisions include reference to the 
Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program 
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA) of 2000, section 702, 
the Medicaid prospective payment system for FQHCs, the elimination of 
waiver allowances under the Medicaid FQHC benefit and the 
interpretation and implementation of policy documents issued by HRSA.
    The estimated burden is as follows:

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per     Total burden
                 Type of report                     respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Application.....................................              25               1             100           2,500
Recertification.................................              75               1              20           1,500
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    Total.......................................             100  ..............  ..............           4,000
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-22, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: November 26, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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