[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46443-46444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18736]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information 
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks 
comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any 
other aspect of the ICR.

DATES: Comments on this Information Collection Request must be received 
no later than October 7, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 10-29, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference.
    Information Collection Request Title: Bureau of Primary Health Care 
(BPHC) Uniform Data System (UDS).
    OMB No. 0915-0193--Revision.
    Abstract: The Uniform Data System (UDS) is the Bureau of Primary 
Health Care's (BPHC's) annual reporting system for HRSA-supported 
health centers. The UDS includes reporting requirements for Health 
Center Program look-alikes and grantees of the following programs: the 
Community Health Center program, the Migrant Health Center program, the 
Health Care for the Homeless program, and the Public Housing Primary 
Care program.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA collects UDS data 
which are used to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory 
requirements, improve health center performance and operations, and 
report overall program accomplishments. The data help to identify 
trends over time, enabling HRSA to establish or expand targeted 
programs and identify effective services and interventions to improve 
the health of underserved communities and vulnerable populations. UDS 
data are compared with national health-related data, including the 
National Health Interview Survey and National Health and Nutrition 
Examination Survey, to review differences between the health center 
patient populations and the U.S. population at large and those 
individuals and families who rely on the health care safety net for 
primary care. UDS data also inform Health Center programs, partners, 
and communities about the patients served by Health Centers. To meet 
these objectives, BPHC requires a core set of data collected annually. 
The UDS data collection for 2015 will be revised in two ways. A new 
line will be added to identify patients that are dually eligible for 
Medicare and Medicaid, and the existing diabetes clinical measure will 
be streamlined to align with the Healthy People 2020 national 
benchmark. Specifically, health centers will no longer report three 
categories, Hemoglobin A1c (Hba1c) less than 8

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percent; Hba1c greater than or equal to 8 percent and less than or 
equal to 9 percent; and Hba1c greater than 9 percent. Health centers 
will report one category, Hba1c greater than 9 percent.
    Likely Respondents: The respondents will be HRSA BPHC Health Center 
Program grantees and look-alikes.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this Information Collection Request are summarized in the table below.
    Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours:

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                                                     Number of                    Average burden
            Form name                Number of     responses per       Total       per response    Total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses      (in hours)         hours
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Universal Report................           1,302               1            1302              82         106,764
Grant Report....................             499               1             499              18           8,982
    Total.......................           1,801  ..............  ..............  ..............         115,746
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to 
minimize the information collection burden.

    Dated: August 1, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-18736 Filed 8-7-14; 8:45 am]
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