[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23109]


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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) 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) will publish periodic summaries of proposed 
projects being developed for submission to the Office of Management and 
Budget (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, 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 of other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: Survey of Safety Net Providers for the Healthy 
Communities Access Program National Evaluation--New

    A survey of 800 safety net providers will be performed to provide 
essential information not otherwise available for the national 
evaluation of the Healthy Communities Access Program (Sect. 340, Pub. 
L. 107-251, Oct. 26, 2002). A preliminary review indicates that this 
sample of providers provides an adequate representation of provider 
types of most interest. The survey results will be considered along 
with information from other quantitative and qualitative data sources 
(including national, State and local data and information from grantee 
consortia leaders and clients) in order to develop a Report to Congress 
in September 2005 and a program evaluation report by September 2006. 
The survey will collect data for key evaluation goals including 
coordination and integration of safety net services, capacity and 
access issues, health care delivery, quality of care, cost savings, 
sustainability, and provider and patient satisfaction.
    The survey of the provider institution's administrator will be 
multi-modal using mail, telephone, and internet modes of data 
collection. Mail or internet responses will be requested, with 
telephone follow-up or survey administration. The key types of 
providers to be surveyed are those specified in the law as required 
consortia members (i.e., federally qualified health centers, hospitals, 
public health departments, and providers serving the medically 
uninsured and underserved). Two hundred providers of each type will be 
surveyed. The burden estimate is as follows:

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                                                               Number of        Responses per                           Hours per         Total burden
                           Form                               respondents         respondent       Total reponses        response            hours
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Survey...................................................               800                  1                800                .33                264
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: October 8, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-23109 Filed 10-13-04; 8:45 am]
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