Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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, 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, 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:

Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Rural Health Network Grant

Program--New--

The Rural Health Network Grant Program is authorized by Section

330A of the Public Health Service Act as amended by the Health Centers

Consolidation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-229). The purpose of the

program is to assist in the development of vertically integrated

networks of health care providers in rural communities. Grantees will

be working to change the delivery system in their service areas and

will be using the federal funds to develop network capabilities.

Grantees will be asked to submit a baseline report and semiannual

tracking reports which provide information on progress towards goals

and objectives of the network, progress toward developing the

governance and organizational arrangements for the network, specific

network activities,

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certain financial data related to the grant budget, and health care

services provided by the network.

The information will be used to evaluate progress on the grants, to

understand barriers to network development in rural areas, to identify

grantees in need of technical assistance, and to identify best

practices in the development of provider networks in rural communities.

To minimize the burden on grantees, the reports will be submitted

electronically. The estimated burden is as follows:

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Responses

Form name No. of per Total Hours per Total hour Wage cost Total hour

respondents respondent responses response burden cost

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First Year (Baseline report and first semiannual report)

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Baseline..................................................... 40 1 40 2.0 80 $25 $2000

Semi-annual tracking......................................... 40 1 40 1.0 40 25 1000

Total first year burden.................................. 40 2 80 1.5 120 25 3000

Second and Subsequent Years

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Semi-annual tracking......................................... 40 2 80 1.0 80 $25 $2000

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: August 4, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-20875 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]

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