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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 OMB under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To
request more information on this project
or to obtain a copy of the data collection
plans and instruments, call the HRSA
Reports Clearance Officer at (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 through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Proposed Project: Advanced Education
Nursing Traineeship and Nurse
Anesthetist Traineeship Forms
The Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) developed the
Advanced Education Nursing
Traineeship (AENT) and Nurse
Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Forms
for the Guidance Application for the
Traineeship Programs. The AENT/NAT
Traineeship forms are used annually by
new applicants that are applying for
AENT and NAT funding. The AENT and
NAT programs provide training grants
to educational institutions to increase
the numbers of advanced education
nurses. Award amounts are based on
enrollment, traineeship support,
graduate data and two funding
Number of
respondents
Type of respondent
preferences to institutions which meet
the criteria for the preference.
The AENT/NAT Traineeship forms
include information on program
participants such as the number of
enrollees, number of graduates and the
types of programs they are enrolling into
and/or graduating from. These forms
will be available electronically through
Grants.gov. AENT and NAT applicants
will have a single access point to submit
their grant applications and AENT/NAT
Traineeship forms.
The system will be designed so that
the data from the prior year’s
submission will be pre-populated. This
will significantly reduce the burden to
AENT and NAT applicants. They will
need only edit those sections that have
changed. The electronic system will
conduct automated checks on data
validity, data consistency and
application completeness. This
facilitates application review and
eliminates much of the previously
required data cleansing. Finally, data
from this system will be used in the
award determination and validation
process. Additionally, the data will be
used to ensure programmatic
compliance, report to Congress and
policymakers on the program
accomplishments, formulate, and justify
future budgets for these activities
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget and Congress.
The estimated average annual burden
per year is as follows:
Responses
per
respondent
Burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
AENT ...............................................................................................................
NAT ..................................................................................................................
350
80
1
1
1
1
350
80
Total ..........................................................................................................
430
........................
........................
430
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 notice.
Dated: June 6, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
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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) 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) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects being
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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, call the
Heath Resources and Services
Administration 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
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collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
of other forms of information
technology.
Proposed Project: Emergency Systems
for Advance Registration of Volunteer
Health Professionals (ESAR–VHP)—
NEW
The Emergency Systems for Advance
Registration of Volunteer Health
Professionals (ESAR–VHP) program
requires that each State and Territory
develop a system for registering and
verifying the licenses, credentials, and
privileges of health care volunteers in
advance of an emergency. HRSA
proposes to develop a common set of
standards and definitions that each
State and Territory must use in
developing these State-based volunteer
registry systems. The establishment of a
common set of standards and
definitions will give each State the
ability to quickly identify and better
utilize volunteer health professionals in
an emergency and provide a common
Number of
respondents
Form
Average number of responses per
respondent
framework for sharing pre-registered
volunteers between States.
HRSA will be developing the
standards and definitions in
collaboration with the States, the
American Hospital Association, Joint
Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations, American
Board of Medical Specialties, National
Council of State Boards of Nursing,
American Medical Association,
American Nurses Association, and other
health professional associations.
The burden estimate for this project is
as follows:
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Volunteer Application ...........................................................
Highest Level Verification ....................................................
Lowest Level Verification .....................................................
135,000
* 54
54
1
125
2,375
135,000
6,750
128,250
.33
.17
.05
44,550
1,148
6,413
Total ..............................................................................
135,054
........................
270,000
........................
52,111
* States/territories are counted once in the total for respondents to avoid duplicatation.
Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10–33 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of this notice.
Dated: June 6, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
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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.
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Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
Proposed Project: Hospital Available
Beds for Emergencies and Disasters
(HAvBED) System: (NEW)
In compliance with the requirements
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 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
The HAvBED system will be a webbased hospital bed reporting/tracking
system to assist the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) only
during disasters and public health
emergencies. HAvBED does not
duplicate the systems already in place
to track hospital beds. It is designed to
dynamically amalgamate data and
accept manually entered data to give
emergency operations managers a realtime view of specific hospital bed
availability on a large geographic scale.
During a disaster or public health
emergency States will be asked to report
hospital bed availability no more than
twice daily; although the severity of the
event may require less or more reporting
per day.
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Currently, hospital bed tracking
systems are operational in some States
to meet the needs of the healthcare
system during routine operations. Local
and State governments, emergency
management agencies and the
healthcare systems have developed
systems that support jurisdictional
emergency operations without regard to
cooperation with outside systems or
entities. Local systems have been
developed over time to meet the
changing needs at the local level. The
systems have been developed locally to
meet the needs of the local healthcare
system. A mass casualty event would
overwhelm the ability of local systems
to work out their differences in the
middle of a response.
During a disaster or public health
emergency it may be necessary for
Federal officials to work with State
partners to evacuate or move patients
from one area of the country to another
as was the case during hurricanes
Katrina and Rita in 2005. The health
and safety of the hospital patient is
paramount at all times during a hospital
stay, but never more acute while being
moved to another location. To ensure
that patients receive the highest level of
care during an emergency it is necessary
to know where the necessary resources
are in real-time.
The estimate of burden is based on
hospitals reporting the data twice a day
everyday for two weeks.
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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) 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) will publish 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, call the Heath Resources and Services Administration
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
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collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques of other forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: Emergency Systems for Advance Registration of
Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)--NEW
The Emergency Systems for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health
Professionals (ESAR-VHP) program requires that each State and Territory
develop a system for registering and verifying the licenses,
credentials, and privileges of health care volunteers in advance of an
emergency. HRSA proposes to develop a common set of standards and
definitions that each State and Territory must use in developing these
State-based volunteer registry systems. The establishment of a common
set of standards and definitions will give each State the ability to
quickly identify and better utilize volunteer health professionals in
an emergency and provide a common framework for sharing pre-registered
volunteers between States.
HRSA will be developing the standards and definitions in
collaboration with the States, the American Hospital Association, Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, American Board
of Medical Specialties, National Council of State Boards of Nursing,
American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, and other
health professional associations.
The burden estimate for this project is as follows:
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Average number
Form Number of of responses Total Hours per Total burden
respondents per respondent responses response hours
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Volunteer Application........... 135,000 1 135,000 .33 44,550
Highest Level Verification...... * 54 125 6,750 .17 1,148
Lowest Level Verification....... 54 2,375 128,250 .05 6,413
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Total....................... 135,054 .............. 270,000 .............. 52,111
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* States/territories are counted once in the total for respondents to avoid duplicatation.
Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 10-33 Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received with 60 days of this notice.
Dated: June 6, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-9200 Filed 6-12-06; 8:45 am]
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