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Proposed Project: Faculty Loan
Repayment Program (FLRP)
Application (OMB No. 0915–0150)—
Extension
Under the Health Resources and
Services Administration Faculty Loan
Repayment Program, degree-trained
health professionals from disadvantaged
backgrounds may enter into a contract
under which HRSA, with the
Department of Health and Human
Services, will make payments on
eligible health professions educational
loans in exchange for a minimum of two
years of service as a full-time or parttime faculty member of an accredited
health professions college or university.
Applicants must complete an
application and provide all other
required documentation including
information on all eligible health
professions educational loans.
The estimated response burden is as
follows:
Respondent
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Applicants .............................................................................
150
1
150
1
150
Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: May 15, 2006.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6–7666 Filed 5–18–06; 8:45 am]
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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, Pub.
L. 104–13), the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes periodic summaries of
proposed projects being developed for
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (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) 443–1129.
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 the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Enhanced
Performance Measurement System for
HRSA Health Professions Education
and Training Program Grants: NEW
Following the 1998 reauthorization,
HRSA’s Health Professions Education
and Training Programs have been using
a reporting system known as the
Comprehensive Performance
Management System/Uniform Progress
Report (CPMS/UPR) for preparation and
submission of applications for
continuation grants, and for reporting
program outcomes under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA).
Part I of the CPMS/UPR measures
grantee progress toward meeting
objectives, and is used for funding
decisions. Part II collects information
used by program officers to monitor
program specific activities. Part III
collects information on program results
that can be aggregated across multiple
programs, and is used for GPRA
reporting and OMB initiated
performance assessment activities.
The instrument previously approved
for OMB for these purposes has been
revised for clarity, and modified to
better capture outcome information
related to Health Professions Education
and Training Programs that is
increasingly required for evaluating
Federal policy and program
performance. Some elements have been
added to improve measurement
capability, while others have been
streamlined to reduce burden.
Additional validation rules are also
being added to improve the quality of
the data. Portions of the instrument
have also been redesigned to improve
reporting consistency among programs.
The proposed system will be Webbased, and is planned to include a series
of preprogrammed reports to increase
access to, and analysis of, the data.
Estimates of annualized reporting
burden are as follows:
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Total
responses
Hours per
respondent
Total hour
burden
Enhanced Performance Measurement System ...................
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen,
Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 10–33, Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: May 15, 2006.
Tina Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6–7667 Filed 5–18–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
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Advisory Committee on Infant
Mortality; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Public Law 92–463), notice is hereby
given of the following meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee on Infant
Mortality (ACIM).
Dates and Times: July 13, 2006, 9
a.m.–5 p.m.; July 14, 2006, 8:30 a.m.–3
p.m.
Place: Key Bridge Marriott, 1401 Lee
Highway, Arlington, VA 22209, (703)
524–6400.
Status: The meeting is open to the
public with attendance limited to space
availability.
Purpose: The Committee provides
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
on the following: Department programs
that are directed at reducing infant
mortality and improving the health
status of pregnant women and infants;
factors affecting the continuum of care
with respect to maternal and child
health care, including outcomes
following childbirth; strategies to
coordinate the variety of Federal, State,
local and private programs and efforts
that are designed to deal with the health
and social problems impacting on infant
mortality; and the implementation of
the Healthy Start program and Healthy
People 2010 infant mortality objectives.
Agenda: Topics that will be discussed
include the following: Preterm birth;
Medicaid Policy; Pregnancy Weight; and
the Perinatal and Patient Safety Pilot
Program. Substantial time will be spent
in Subcommittee and full Committee
discussions aimed at formulating the
ACIM issues agenda. Proposed agenda
items are subject to change as priorities
indicate.
Time will be provided for public
comments limited to five minutes each;
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comments are to be submitted no later
than June 19, 2006.
For Further Information Contact:
Anyone requiring information regarding
the Committee should contact Peter C.
van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., Executive
Secretary, ACIM, Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), Room
18–05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone:
(301) 443–2170.
Individuals who are submitting public
comments or who have questions
regarding the meeting and location
should contact Michelle Loh, HRSA,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
telephone: (301) 443–0543, e-mail:
michelle.loh@hrsa.hhs.gov.
Dated: May 15, 2006.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6–7662 Filed 5–18–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program; List of Petitions Received
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
publishing this notice of petitions
received under the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program (‘‘the
Program’’), as required by section
2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, as amended. While the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
is named as the respondent in all
proceedings brought by the filing of
petitions for compensation under the
Program, the United States Court of
Federal Claims is charged by statute
with responsibility for considering and
acting upon the petitions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about requirements for
filing petitions, and the Program in
general, contact the Clerk, United States
Court of Federal Claims, 717 Madison
Place, NW., Washington, DC 20005,
(202) 357–6400. For information on
HRSA’s role in the Program, contact the
Director, National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 11C–26, Rockville, MD
20857; (301) 443–6593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Program provides a system of no-fault
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compensation for certain individuals
who have been injured by specified
childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of Title
XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa–
10 et seq., provides that those seeking
compensation are to file a petition with
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and to
serve a copy of the petition on the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services, who is named as the
respondent in each proceeding. The
Secretary has delegated his
responsibility under the Program to
HRSA. The Court is directed by statute
to appoint special masters who take
evidence, conduct hearings as
appropriate, and make initial decisions
as to eligibility for, and amount of,
compensation.
A petition may be filed with respect
to injuries, disabilities, illnesses,
conditions, and deaths resulting from
vaccines described in the Vaccine Injury
Table (the Table) set forth at section
2114 of the PHS Act or as set forth at
42 CFR 100.3, as applicable. This Table
lists for each covered childhood vaccine
the conditions which may lead to
compensation and, for each condition,
the time period for occurrence of the
first symptom or manifestation of onset
or of significant aggravation after
vaccine administration. Compensation
may also be awarded for conditions not
listed in the Table and for conditions
that are manifested outside the time
periods specified in the Table, but only
if the petitioner shows that the
condition was caused by one of the
listed vaccines.
Section 2112(b)(2) of the PHS Act, 42
U.S.C. 300aa–12(b)(2), requires that the
Secretary publish in the Federal
Register a notice of each petition filed.
Set forth below is a list of petitions
received by HRSA on January 1, 2006,
through March 31, 2006.
Section 2112(b)(2) also provides that
the special master ‘‘shall afford all
interested persons an opportunity to
submit relevant, written information’’
relating to the following:
1. The existence of evidence ‘‘that
there is not a preponderance of the
evidence that the illness, disability,
injury, condition, or death described in
the petition is due to factors unrelated
to the administration of the vaccine
described in the petition,’’ and
2. Any allegation in a petition that the
petitioner either:
(a) ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly
aggravated, any illness, disability,
injury, or condition not set forth in the
Table but which was caused by’’ one of
the vaccines referred to in the Table, or
(b) ‘‘Sustained, or had significantly
aggravated, any illness, disability,
injury, or condition set forth in the
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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, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
being developed for submission to the Office of Management and Budget
(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) 443-1129.
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 the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Proposed Project: Enhanced Performance Measurement System for HRSA
Health Professions Education and Training Program Grants: NEW
Following the 1998 reauthorization, HRSA's Health Professions
Education and Training Programs have been using a reporting system
known as the Comprehensive Performance Management System/Uniform
Progress Report (CPMS/UPR) for preparation and submission of
applications for continuation grants, and for reporting program
outcomes under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
(GPRA).
Part I of the CPMS/UPR measures grantee progress toward meeting
objectives, and is used for funding decisions. Part II collects
information used by program officers to monitor program specific
activities. Part III collects information on program results that can
be aggregated across multiple programs, and is used for GPRA reporting
and OMB initiated performance assessment activities.
The instrument previously approved for OMB for these purposes has
been revised for clarity, and modified to better capture outcome
information related to Health Professions Education and Training
Programs that is increasingly required for evaluating Federal policy
and program performance. Some elements have been added to improve
measurement capability, while others have been streamlined to reduce
burden. Additional validation rules are also being added to improve the
quality of the data. Portions of the instrument have also been
redesigned to improve reporting consistency among programs. The
proposed system will be Web-based, and is planned to include a series
of preprogrammed reports to increase access to, and analysis of, the
data.
Estimates of annualized reporting burden are as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour
Form respondents respondent responses respondent burden
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Enhanced Performance Measurement System............................ 1,550 1 1,550 21.5 33,325
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Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 10-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Dated: May 15, 2006.
Tina Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-7667 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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