Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Health Center Program Forms-OMB No. 0915-0285-Revision
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Health Center Program Forms—OMB No. 0915-0285—Revision
AGENCY:
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate below or any other aspect of the ICR. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30-day comment period for this notice has closed.
DATES:
Comments on this ICR should be received no later than May 22, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To request a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, email Samantha Miller, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer, at
paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call (301) 443-3983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Health Center Program Forms, OMB No. 0915-0285—Revision.
Abstract:
The Health Center Program, administered by HRSA, is authorized under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b). Health centers are patient-directed organizations that deliver affordable, accessible, quality, and cost-effective primary health care services to patients and adjust fees based on income and family size. Nearly 1,400 health centers operate more than 16,000 service delivery sites that provide primary health care to more than 32 million people in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Basin. HRSA uses forms for new and existing health centers and other entities to apply for various grant and non-grant opportunities, renew grant and non-grant designations, report progress, and change their scope of project.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register
on December 15, 2025, vol. 90, No. 238; pp. 58019-21. There was one comment. The commenter noted that tracking and managing service areas defined by Form 5B ZIP codes is complex when a health center uses the Health Center Program forms. In response, HRSA is currently exploring improvements to the Health Center Program GeoCare Navigator to help health centers better visualize their service area prior to requesting changes to their service area.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information:
Health Center Program-specific forms are necessary for award processes and oversight of the Health Center Program and other relevant programs. These forms provide HRSA staff and merit review panels with the information essential for application evaluation, funding recommendation and approval, designation, and monitoring. These forms also provide HRSA staff with information essential for evaluating compliance with Health Center Program statutory and regulatory requirements. The current forms will expire April 30, 2026, and this input will inform edits and updates to the Health Center Program's information collection and reporting. HRSA intends to make several changes to its forms.
HRSA will modify the following forms to update and clarify data currently being collected:
Form No./name
Description of modifications
Form 1A: General Information Worksheet
Updated response options and text; aligned classification to the current process; removed the visit-count field.
Form 2: Staffing Profile
Moved to FTE counts; standardized staffing categories.
Form 3: Income Analysis
Question updates with targeted adds/removals.
Form 5A: Services Provided
Updated labels and categories of services.
Form 5B: Sites (previously “Service Sites”)
Modified fields collecting site information.
Form 6A: Current Board Member Characteristics
Removed patient board member characteristics section.
Form 12: Organization Contacts
Consolidated contact information; kept two key contacts.
Checklist for Adding a New Service
Revised checklist statements and questions.
Checklist for Adding a New Service Delivery Site
Revised checklist statements and questions.
Checklist for Deleting Existing Service
Revised checklist statements and questions.
Checklist for Deleting Existing Service Delivery Site
Revised checklist statements and questions.
HCCN Progress Report
Clarified and updated objectives; reduced the total number of objectives.
Impact Form (previously “Expanded Services Patient Impact”)
Streamlined form to request generic information based on the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Loan Guarantee Program Financial Performance Measures (previously: Financial Performance Indicators)
Three questions removed.
NHHCIA NCC Clinical Performance Measures
Minor language updates; no content changes.
NHHCIA NCC Financial Performance Measures
Minor language updates; no content changes.
NHHCIA NCC Income Analysis Form
Question updates with targeted adds/removals.
NH-NCC Project Work Plan Update
Minor language updates; no content changes.
Project Cover Page
Minor language updates; no content changes.
Project Narrative Update
Minor language updates; no content changes.
Project Overview Form
Converted to a generic form usable across funding opportunities; updated questions.
Project Qualification Criteria
Removed 3 questions.
Project Work Plan
Updated to indicate which questions are for PCAs vs NTAPs. Updated minor language updates.
Quality Improvement Fund (QIF) Evaluative Measures Report
Minor language updates; no content changes.
QIF Progress Report
Minor language updates; no content changes.
QIF Project Plan Form
Converted to a generic form usable across funding opportunities; updated questions.
Summary Page (Service Area Competition)
Aligned special medically underserved population terminology with statute; minor language updates.
Summary Page (New Access Point)
Aligned special medically underserved population terminology with statute; minor language updates.
HRSA will add the following forms necessary for data collection and change in scope requests to simplify the process:
• Grant Number form
• Checklist for Adding a Transitional Care in Carceral Setting Site to Scope
• QIF Transitions in Care for Justice-Involved Populations Progress Report
• QIF Transitions in Care for Justice-Involved Populations Evaluative Measures Report
• LAL Cover page
• Checklist for Form 5A Scope Adjustments
• Checklist for Form 5B Scope Adjustments
HRSA will remove the following forms to further streamline information collected by HRSA and reduce burden:
• Applicant Qualification Criteria Form
• Checklist for Adding a New Target Population
• Environmental Information and Documentation
• Form 3A: Look-Alike Budget Information
• Form 4: Community Characteristics
• Fiscal Year 2020 Ending the HIV Epidemic Primary Care HIV Prevention PCHP Progress Reporting
• HRSA EHBs Action Plan
• Patient Impact Form
• Patient Target and Calculations
• Progress Report—Non-Capital Investments
• Project Plan
Likely Respondents:
Health Center Program award recipients (those funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act) and Health Center Program look-alikes, state and national technical assistance organizations, and other organizations seeking funding.
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 ICR are summarized in the table below.
Form name
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(hours)
Total burden
hours
Capital Semi-Annual Progress Report
500
2
1,000
1.00
1,000.00
Checklist for Adding a New Service
450
1
450
2.00
900.00
Checklist for Adding a New Service Delivery Site
1,480
1
1,480
2.00
2,960.00
Checklist for Deleting Existing Service
500
1
500
2.00
1,000.00
Checklist for Deleting Existing Service Delivery Site
750
1
750
2.00
1,500.00
Equipment List
130
1
130
0.50
65.00
Federal Object Class Categories Form
500
1
500
0.25
125.00
Loan Guarantee Program Financial Performance Indicators (previously: Financial Performance Indicators)
5
1
5
1.00
5.00
Form 1A: General Information Worksheet
1,370
1
1,370
0.75
1,027.50
Form 1B: Funding Request Summary
900
1
900
0.75
675.00
Form 1C: Documents on File
1,460
1
1,460
0.50
730.00
Form 2: Staffing Profile
1,370
1
1,370
1.00
1,370.00
Form 3: Income Analysis
1,370
1
1,370
1.00
1,370.00
Form 5A: Services Provided
1,428
1
1,428
0.25
357.00
Form 5B: Sites (previously “service sites”)
1,428
1
1,428
0.25
357.00
Form 5C: Other Activities/Locations
550
1
550
0.25
137.50
Form 6A: Current Board Member Characteristics
1,370
1
1,370
1.00
1,370.00
Form 6B: Request for Waiver of Board Member Requirements
1,370
1
1,370
1.00
1,370.00
Form 8: Health Center Agreements
1,370
1
1,370
1.00
1,370.00
Form 12: Organization Contacts
970
1
970
0.50
485.00
Funding Sources
130
1
130
0.50
65.00
FY 2022 Accelerating Cancer Screening Progress Report
29
1
29
1.50
43.50
Grant Number Form
400
1
400
0.25
100.00
HCCN Progress Report
50
1
50
0.50
25.00
Health Center Program Progress Report
130
1
130
1.00
130.00
HRSA Loan Guarantee Program Application
5
1
5
1.00
5.00
Impact Form (old name: Expanded Services Patient Impact)
400
1
400
1.00
400.00
NHHCIA NCC Clinical Performance Measures
5
1
5
1.50
7.50
NHHCIA NCC Financial Performance Measures
5
1
5
0.50
2.50
NHHCIA NCC Income Analysis Form
5
1
5
0.15
0.75
NHHCIA Sample Project Work Plan
2
1
2
0.15
0.30
NH-NCC Project Work Plan Update
5
1
5
1.00
5.00
Operational Plan
350
1
350
2.00
700.00
Other Requirements for Sites
130
1
130
0.50
65.00
Participating Health Centers List
90
1
90
1.00
90.00
Project Cover Page
130
1
130
1.00
130.00
Project Narrative Update
1,325
1
1,325
4.00
5,300.00
Project Overview Form
500
1
500
1.00
500.00
Project Qualification Criteria
130
1
130
0.50
65.00
Project Work Plan
508
1
508
4.00
2,032.00
Proposal Cover Page
130
1
130
1.00
130.00
QIF Evaluative Measures Report
25
2
50
1.50
75.00
QIF Progress Report
25
12
300
1.50
450.00
QIF TJI Evaluative Measures Report
54
10
540
1.50
810.00
QIF TJI Progress Report
54
10
540
1.50
810.00
QIF Project Plan Form
100
1
100
1.00
100.00
Summary Page (New Access Point)
500
1
500
1.00
500.00
Summary Page (Service Area Competition)
360
1
360
0.50
180.00
LAL Cover page
110
1
110
0.50
55.00
Checklist for Adding a Transitional Care in a Carceral Setting Site to Scope
50
1
50
1.00
50.00
Checklist for Form 5A Scope Adjustments
1,875
1
1,875
0.50
937.50
Checklist for Form 5B Scope Adjustments
1,695
1
1,695
0.50
847.50
Total
28,588
30,350.00
32,785.55
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2026-07793 Filed 4-21-26; 8:45 am]
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