Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public

comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)2(A) of

Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, Public Law 104-13), the Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed

projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed

project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans, call the HRSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways

to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,

including through the use of automated collection techniques or other

forms of information technology.

Proposed Project: National Health Service Corps--A Uniform Data

System (New)

This is a request for approval to authorize the National Health

Service Corps (NHSC), Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), Health

Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to implement a modified

version of the existing BPHC Universal Data System (OMB No. 0915-0093)

to collect data from BPHC non-grant supported sites (NHSC Free Standing

Sites) in response to Federal mandates for reports and in support of

efficient and effective program management. A 60-day notice for this

project was published in FR6241966 under the Title Reporting

Requirements for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) non-grant

sites. The project has been revised to reflect an increased number of

respondents and response burden.

The National Health Service Corps (authorized by the Public Health

Service Act, Section 331) needs to collect data on its programs to

ensure compliance with legislative mandates and to report to Congress

and policymakers on program accomplishments. To meet these objectives,

the NHSC requires a core set of information collected annually that is

appropriate for monitoring and evaluating performance and reporting on

annual trends. The NHSC will provide data on services, staffing, and

financing.

Specifically each site will be asked to complete the following six

tables:

1. Services offered and delivery method

2. Users by various characteristics

3. Staffing and utilization

4. Charges and collections

5. Receivables, income and expenses

6. Managed care

Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:

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Number of Hours per Total burden

Type of report respondents response hours

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Universal Report............................................. 620 27 16,740

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Send comments to HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 14-36,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857. Written

comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: May 28, 1998.

Jane Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 98-14924 Filed 6-4-98; 8:45 am]

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