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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.
[FR Doc. E6–9200 Filed 6–12–06; 8:45 am]
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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Agency Information Collection
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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Submission type
Number of
respondents
Responses
per
respondent
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
HAvBED ...............................................................................
100
28 *
2,800
.083
233
* Based on 2 responses per day for a period of 14 days.
If a mass casualty event occurred and
hundreds of hospital patients or victims
needed hospital care across the country,
it is possible that hundreds of hospitals
would be needed to house the wounded.
In that case the burden estimate would
increase proportionally to the needs of
the event.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Preventing Motor Vehicle
Crashes Among Novice Teen Drivers
Dated: June 6, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6–9210 Filed 6–12–06; 8:45 am]
Summary: 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
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NICHD), the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) will
publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
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Proposed Collection
Title: Preventing Motor Vehicle
Crashes Among Novice Teen Drivers.
Type of Information Collection
Request: NEW. Use of Information:
Motor vehicle crash risk is particularly
elevated among novice young drivers
during the first 6 months and 1000
Estimated
number of
respondents
Type of respondents
miles of independent driving.
Previously, researchers in the
Prevention Research Branch of the
NICHD have demonstrated the efficacy
of educational/behavioral interventions
for increasing parental management of
teen driving and reducing exposure to
high-risk driving conditions during the
first 12 months after licensure. The
current research seeks to test the
effectiveness of providing education to
facilitate parental management of teen
driving when delivered at motor vehicle
administration offices at the time the
teen obtains a permit, at the time of
license, or at both permit and license.
Frequency of Response: Three
interviews; Affected Public: Individuals
or households; Type of Respondents:
Teens and Parents/guardians. The
annual reporting burden is as follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2000 teens and 2000 parents; Estimated
Number of Responses per Respondents:
3; Average Burden Hours Per Response:
0.35; and Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours Requested: 4000. There
are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs
and/or Maintenance Costs to report.
Estimated
number of responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Estimated total
annual burden
hours
requested
Parents/guardians ............................................................................................
Teens ...............................................................................................................
2000
2000
3
3
.35
.35
2100
2100
Total ..........................................................................................................
4000
3
.35
4200
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Request for Comments
Written comments and/or suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address one or more of the
following points: (1) Evaluate whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the function of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
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mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
For Further Information Contact: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, contact: Bruce SimonsMorton, Ed.D., 6100 Executive Blvd,
Suite 7B13M, Rockville, MD 20852.
(Phone: 301–496–5674). (E-mail:
Mortonb@mail.nih.gov))
Comments Due Date
Comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having
their full effect if received within 60days of the date of this publication.
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Dated: June 5, 2006.
Paul Johnson,
NICHD Project Clearance Liaison, National
Institutes of Health.
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National Center on Minority Health and
Health Disparities, Amended Notice of
Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in
the meeting of the National Advisory
Council on Minority Health and Health
Disparities, June 13, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to
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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 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 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: Hospital Available Beds for Emergencies and Disasters
(HAvBED) System: (NEW)
The HAvBED system will be a web-based 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 real-time
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.
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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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Submission type respondents respondent responses response hours
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HAvBED............................................................. 100 28 * 2,800 .083 233
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* Based on 2 responses per day for a period of 14 days.
If a mass casualty event occurred and hundreds of hospital patients
or victims needed hospital care across the country, it is possible that
hundreds of hospitals would be needed to house the wounded. In that
case the burden estimate would increase proportionally to the needs of
the event.
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: June 6, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E6-9210 Filed 6-12-06; 8:45 am]
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