[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 95 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 34944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12258]


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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: 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) revised the 
application guide used by organizations applying for certification or 
recertificaion as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike 
for purposes of cost-based reimbursement under the Medicaid and 
Medicare programs. The guide's revision will reflect legislative, 
policy, and technical changes since October 1999, the issuance date of 
the last guidance. The 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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
John Morrall, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: May 8, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-12258 Filed 5-15-02; 8:45 am]
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