[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2349]


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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 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: Uniform Data System (OMB No. 0915-0193)--Revision

    This is a request for a revision of approval of the Uniform Data 
System (UDS), which contains the annual reporting requirements for the 
cluster of primary care grantees funded by the Bureau of Primary Health 
Care (BPHC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). 
Authorizing Legislation is Section 330 of the Public Health Service 
Act. The UDS includes reporting requirements for grantees of the 
following primary care programs: Community Health Centers, Migrant 
Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, Outreach and Primary 
Health Services for Homeless Children and Public Housing Primary Care, 
and Healthy Schools Healthy Communities. BPHC collects data on its 
programs to ensure compliance with legislative mandates and to report 
to Congress and policy makers on program accomplishments. To meet these 
objectives, BPHC requires a core set of information collected annually 
that is appropriate for monitoring and evaluating performance and 
reporting on annual trends. The UDS includes two components: the 
Universal Report, completed by all grantees, provides data on services, 
staffing, and financing; and the Grant Report, completed by grantees 
funded under the Homeless, Public Housing Program or Healthy Schools 
Healthy Communities as well as one of the other programs, provides data 
on characteristics of users whose services fall within the scope of the 
Homeless, Public Housing Program, Healthy Schools Healthy Communities 
grant. Grantees are also asked to provide information on the charges, 
collections, bad debt write off and contractual disallowances by payor 
sources (Medicaid, Medicare, self pay and private insurance).
    Estimated annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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                                                                     Number of       Hours per     Total burden
                         Type of report                             respondents      response          hours
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Universal Report................................................             982              27          26,514
Grant Report....................................................             184              18           3,312
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    Total.......................................................             982  ..............          29,826
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-45, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: January 27, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-2349 Filed 1-30-03; 8:45 am]
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