Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: February 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 26)]

[Notices]

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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) publishes 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 and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1891.

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: Application for Certification and Recertification as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look Alike, OMB No. 0915-0142--Revision

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) proposed to revise the application guide used by organizations applying for certification, or recertification as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Look-Alike for purposes of cost-based reimbursement under the Medicaid and Medicare programs. The guide will be revised to reflect legislative, policy, and technical changes since May, 1997, the issuance date of the last guidance. Revisions will include reference to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 which amended the statutory language pertaining to FQHC Look-Alikes to include the requirement that `an entity may not be owned, controlled, or operated by another entity', and the interpretation and implementation policy documents issued by the HRSA.

Estimates of Burden are as follows:

Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour Form

respondents respondent respondent

burden

Application.....................................

26

1

100

2,600 Recertification.................................

74

1

20

1,480

Total.......................................

100 .............. ..............

4,080

Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: February 3, 1999. Jane Harrison, Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

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