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 (OMB), 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:

Proposed Project: Uncompensated Services Assurance Report (OMB No. 0915-0077)—Extension

Under the Hill-Burton Act, the government provides grants and loans for construction or renovation of health care facilities. As a condition of receiving this construction assistance, facilities are required to provide services to persons unable to pay. A condition of receiving this assistance requires facilities to provide assurances periodically that the required level of uncompensated care is being provided, and that certain notification and record keeping procedures are being followed. These requirements are referred to as the uncompensated services assurance.

Estimate of Information Collection Burden

Type of requirement and regulatory citation

Number of

respondents

Responses per

respondent

Total

responses

Hours per

response

Total hour

burden

Disclosure Burden (42 CFR)

Published Notices (124.504(c))

140

1

140

0.40

56

Individual Notices (124.504(c))

140

1

140

26

3,640

Determinations of Eligibility (124.507)

140

396

55,440

0.40

22,176

Subtotal Disclosure Burden

25,872

Reporting

Uncompensated Services Report—HRSA-710 Form (124.509(a))

5

1

5

11.0

55

Application for Compliance Alternatives:

Public Facilities (124.513)

2

1

2

6.0

12

Charitable Facilities (124.516(c))

2

1

2

6.0

12

Unrestricted Availability (124.517(b))

3

1

3

6.0

18

Annual Certification for Compliance Alternatives:

Public Facilities (124.509(b))

52

1

52

0.5

26

Charitable Facilities (124.509(b))

19

1

19

0.5

9.5

Unrestricted Availability (124.509(e))

67

1

67

0.5

33.5

Complaint Information (124.511(a)):

Individuals

2

1

2

0.25

.5

Facilities

2

1

2

0.5

1

Subtotal Reporting Burden

167.5

Recordkeeping

Number of recordkeepers

Hours per year

Total hour

burden

Non-alternative Facilities (124.510(a))

73

50

3,650

Unrestricted Availability (124.510(b))

67

50

3,350

Subtotal Recordkeeping Burden

7,000

The total burden for this project is estimated to be 33,039.5 hours.

Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: John Kraemer, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: February 21, 2006.

Tina M. Cheatham,

Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. E6-2666 Filed 2-23-06; 8:45 am]

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