[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 162 (Monday, August 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20306]


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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 (OMB), 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, e-mail 
[email protected] or 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: HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care Capital 
Improvement Program Application Electronic Health Records (EHR) 
Readiness Checklist (OMB No. 0915-0325)--Extension

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides $1.5 
billion in grants to support ``construction, renovation and 
equipment'', and ``the acquisition of health information technology 
systems, for health centers including health center controlled networks 
receiving operating grants under section 330'' of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 254b). HRSA is requesting 
extension of the approval of the Electronic Health Records (EHR) 
Readiness Checklist portion of the application where applicants must 
provide information to demonstrate readiness for electronic health 
records if they propose to use funds for electronic health record (EHR) 
related purchases. Of the $1.5 billion, HRSA will award approximately 
$850 million, through limited competition grants, for one-time Capital 
Improvement Program (CIP) grant funding in fiscal year (FY) 2009 to 
support existing section 330 funded health centers. Funding under this 
opportunity will address pressing capital improvement needs in health 
centers, such as construction, repair, renovation, and equipment 
purchases, including health information technology systems. Applicants 
must provide information using the EHR Readiness Checklist that 
demonstrates comprehensive planning and readiness for implementing 
EHRs.
    The estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                                                    Number of       Responses per                         Hours per       Total burden
                             Form                                  respondents       respondent      Total responses      response            hours
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EHR Readiness Checklist.......................................               568                 1               568               .25               142
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    Total.....................................................               568  ................               568  ................               142
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to 
the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all 
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''

    Dated: August 18, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-20306 Filed 8-21-09; 8:45 am]
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