OMB is approving this information collection request for a period of three years during which time the agency will request approval to extend or revise the collection if the agency seeks to continue the information collection activity beyond the period approved under this action.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2022
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2020
2,043
0
1,975
344,807
0
257,712
0
0
0
UDS is the HRSA Health Center Programâs annual reporting system for HRSA-supported health centers. The UDS includes reporting requirements for Health Center Program look-alikes and grantees of the following programs: Community Health Center program, Migrant Health Center program, Health Care for the Homeless program, and Public Housing Primary Care program. A subset of recipients of the Bureau of Health Workforceâs (BHW) Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) program, specifically those recipients that are funded under the practice priority areas listed under PHS Sec. 831(b), are also required to complete UDS annual reporting.
The estimated increase of 87,095 total burden hours from 257,712 to 344,807 is largely the result of the overall expansion of the Health Center Program. This expansion includes an increase in the number of patients served from 25,860,296 in 2016 to 27,174,372 in 2017, an additional 1.3 million patients to be accounted for in UDS reporting. Additionally, in 2017 the number of grant report respondents, in this case those health centers receiving funding for special populations, increased by 70 health centers resulting in 2,100 additional overall burden hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.