[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 29 (Friday, February 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7239-7240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3088]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Availability of Final Policy Guidance

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final Guidance.

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DATES: The effective date of this final Agency guidance is January 5, 
2009.

SUMMARY: HRSA has issued Policy Information Notice (PIN) 2009-04, 
``Revision to PIN 2003-21: Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) 
Look-Alike Guidelines and Application,'' to announce a technical 
revision to PIN 2003-21: FQHC Look-Alike Guidelines and Application, 
issued on August 26, 2003. Both PINs are available on HRSA's Web site 
at http://bphc.hrsa.gov/policy/#lookalikes.
    Background: HRSA has issued PIN 2009-04, ``Revision to PIN 2003-21: 
FQHC Look-Alike Guidelines and Application,'' to announce a technical 
revision to PIN 2003-21: FQHC Look-Alike Guidelines and Application, 
issued on August 26, 2003. PIN 2003-21 conveys eligibility and 
compliance requirements of the FQHC Look-Alike Program and instructions 
for submitting an application for FQHC Look-Alike designation, 
recertification, and change in scope of project. PIN 2009-04 updates 
the data submission requirements in PIN 2003-21. Applicants and 
existing FQHC Look-Alikes should refer to both PINs when preparing 
applications. Both PINs are available on HRSA's Web site at http://bphc.hrsa.gov/policy/#lookalikes.
    PIN 2009-04 reflects the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approved extension of information collection (control number 0915-0142) 
to November 30, 2011. Furthermore, the race and ethnicity data is now 
collected as two separate data elements in Table 2, Part B, to meet OMB 
Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity 
as well as Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting 
Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (62 FR 36874-36946; 62 FR 58781-9; 
and OMB Bulletin 00-02). Please note that all information 
provided regarding race and/or ethnicity will be used only to ensure 
compliance with statutory and regulatory Governing Board requirements 
set forth in section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Data on race 
and/or ethnicity collected on this form will not be used as a factor in 
recommending approval for FQHC

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Look-Alike designation, recertification, or change in scope of project.
    PIN 2009-04 provides more detail regarding this modification as 
well as new Tables that must be included with all application 
submissions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact the Office of Policy 
and Program Development by telephone at 301-594-4300 for any questions 
regarding this PIN.

    Dated: February 6, 2009.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-3088 Filed 2-12-09; 8:45 am]
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