97-424. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1120-1121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-424]


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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 of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the

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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 and draft instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer on [phone].
    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 Projects

    1. Loan Information System Records for the DHHS and DHUD Hospital 
Mortgage Insurance, Guarantee, and Direct Loan Programs (OMB No. 0915-
0174)--Extension, no change--The Division of Facilities Loans within 
the Health Resources and Services Administration monitors outstanding 
direct and guaranteed loans made under Section 621 of Title VI and 
Section 1601 of Title XVI of the Public Health Service Act, as well as 
loans insured under the Section 242 Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program 
of the Fair Housing Act. These programs were designed to aid 
construction and modernization of health care facilities by increasing 
the access of facilities to capital through the assumption of the 
mortgage credit risk by the Federal Government.
    Operating statistics and financial information are collected 
annually from hospitals with mortgages that are insured under these 
programs. The information is used to monitor the financial stability of 
the hospitals to protect the Federal investment in these facilities. 
The form used for the data collection is the Hospital Facility Data 
Abstract. No changes in the form are proposed. Because of the 
relatively small level of effort associated with submitting this 
report, there are no plans to develop a system for electronic 
transmission of the data. The estimate of annual burden hours is as 
follows:

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                                                            Responses                                           
               Form                   No. of respondents       per       Hours per response   Total hour burden 
                                                            respondent                                          
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Hospital Facility Data Abstract...  250 hospitals........            1  1 hour.............  250 hours.         
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    Send comments to Patricia Royston, 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: January 2, 1997.
J. Henry Montes,
Director, Office of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-424 Filed 1-7-97; 8:45 am]
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