[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38714-38715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16360]


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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:

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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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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number 202-395-6974.

    Dated: June 23, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-16360 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am]
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