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

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-20875

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** August 7, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 42577

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 4160-15-P

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