[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 7762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3647]


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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: The Presidential Initiative Application Forms for 
Funding Opportunities--In Use Without Approval

    The Consolidated Health Center Program is administered by the 
Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Bureau of Primary 
Health Care (BPHC). Grant funding opportunities are provided for Health 
Centers under the Presidential Initiative to expand health centers. 
These funding opportunities use the following applications: New Access 
Point Funding (NAP), Service Area Competition (SAC), the Expanded 
Medical Capacity (EMC) for Consolidated Health Centers and the Service 
Expansion (SE). These application forms are used by new and current 
Health Centers to apply for funding.
    The five-year President's Initiative to Expand Health Centers will 
significantly impact 1,200 of the Nation's neediest communities by 
creating new health center sites. Additional emphasis will be given to 
improving and strengthening existing sites and expanding existing 
centers.
    BPHC will assist in achieving the Initiative through the various 
funding opportunities under this Initiative. This year's funding 
increase supported the development of an additional 100 new access 
points and 88 significantly expanded access points. New access points 
will be established by Health Centers targeting the neediest 
communities using successful Center models. Expanded capacity will be 
targeted to communities where an existing Health Center's ability to 
provide care falls short of meeting the full need for services to 
uninsured and underserved populations. Funding will be provided to 
Health Centers to support the staff needed to serve a substantial 
increase in users.
    Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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                                                                     Number of       Hours per     Total burden
                    Type of application form                        respondents      response          hours
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NAP.............................................................             500              60          30,000
SAC.............................................................             250              50          12,500
EMC.............................................................             225              25           5,625
SE..............................................................             450              25          11,250
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    Total.......................................................           1,425  ..............          59,375
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Desk Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration, Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 12, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-3647 Filed 2-18-04; 8:45 am]
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