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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,
Public Law 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) The
proposed collection of information for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency; (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: Children’s Hospitals
Graduate Medical Education Payment
Program (CHGME PP) (OMB No. 0915–
0247)—Revision
The CHGME PP was enacted by
Public Law 106–129 to provide Federal
support for graduate medical education
(GME) to freestanding children’s
hospitals. This legislation attempts to
provide support for GME comparable to
the level of Medicare GME support
received by other, non-children’s
hospitals. The legislation indicates that
eligible children’s hospitals will receive
payments for both direct and indirect
medical education. Direct payments are
designed to offset the expenses
associated with operating approved
graduate medical residency training
programs and indirect payments are
designed to compensate hospitals for
expenses associated with the treatment
of more severely ill patients and the
additional costs relating to teaching
residents in such programs.
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Data are collected on the number of
full-time equivalent residents in
applicant children’s hospitals’ training
programs to determine the amount of
direct and indirect medical education
payments to be distributed to
participating children’s hospitals.
Indirect medical education payments
99–1
99–1
99–2
99–2
99–3
99–3
99–4
99–5
99–5
Responses
per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form
HRSA
HRSA
HRSA
HRSA
HRSA
HRSA
HRSA
HRSA
HRSA
of full-time equivalent residents a
second time during the Federal fiscal
year to participate in the reconciliation
payment process.
The estimated annual burden is as
follows:
will also be derived from a formula that
requires the reporting of discharges,
beds, and case mix index information
from participating children’s hospitals.
Hospitals will be requested to submit
such information in an annual
application. Hospitals will also be
requested to submit data on the number
Total number
of
responses
(Initial Application) .........................................
(Reconciliation Application) ...........................
(Initial Application) .........................................
(Reconciliation Application) ...........................
(Initial Application) .........................................
(Reconciliation Application) ...........................
(Reconciliation Application) ...........................
(Initial Application) .........................................
(Reconciliation Application) ...........................
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
Total ............................................................................
60
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60
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: August 23, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
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National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; National Network
of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines
Evaluation
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Hours per
response
Summary: Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Cancer Institute, the National Institutes
of Health has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve the
information collection listed below.
This proposed information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on January 27, 2006 (page
4595) and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No public comments were
received. The purpose of this notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment. The National Institutes of
Health may not conduct or sponsor, and
the respondent is not required to
respond to, an information collection
that has been extended, revised, or
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implemented on or after October 1,
1995, unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number.
Proposed Collection
Title: Evaluation of the HHS National
Network of Tobacco Cessation Quitlines
Initiative.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: In February 2004, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services announced plans for a national
network of tobacco cessation quitlines
to provide all smokers in the United
States access to the support and latest
information to help them quit. To
provide the highest level of assistance to
smokers across the country who wants
to quit, NCI established a new toll-free
telephone number (1–800–QUIT–NOW)
on November 8, 2004. The aim of the
National Network of Tobacco Cessation
Quitlines (NNTCQ) initiative (the
Initiative) is to strengthen service
delivery; provide a mechanism for
integration and implementation of state,
regional, and national campaigns; and
increase healthcare utilization by
minority and medically underserved
populations. NCI, CDC, and other state,
private industry, and partner
organizations (the North American
Quitline Consortium) have created the
infrastructure and a coordinated
mechanism to offer cessation services to
the American public. The Initiative
seeks to enhance existing state-managed
quitlines and to encourage the
establishment of quitlines in states
without them. It is expected that
successful implementation of the
Initiative will foster partnerships across
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hours
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15
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1,560
480
900
300
15
15
840
15
15
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4,140
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state quitlines for technology transfer,
sharing of effective practices, and
understanding patterns of use and reach
to special populations, thereby ensuring
a sustained level of effectiveness over
time. The goal of this evaluation is to
monitor the implementation of the
Initiative, assess its impact on key
stakeholders, and examine its
implications for public health. To that
end, this study will conduct a series of
in-depth key informant telephone
interviews and selected site visits with
state tobacco control officers, quitline
administrators and counseling staff.
Representatives of organizations and
individuals that partner with quitlines,
such as community health organizations
or health care providers, will also be
interviewed. The findings will provide
valuable information concerning the
development and implementation of the
NNTQC initiative as a potential model
for Federal-State partnerships, the
impact on building and enhancing state
quitline capacity, and implications for
the state tobacco control community.
The annual reporting burden is
presented in exhibit 1, below.
Frequency of Response: One occasion.
Affected Public: State agencies,
businesses or other for-profit, non-profit
associations.
Type of Respondents: Federal and
state employees, health services
providers, administrators and
researchers.
The annual reporting burden is as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
228.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
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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, Public Law 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) The proposed collection of information
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency; (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: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education
Payment Program (CHGME PP) (OMB No. 0915-0247)--Revision
The CHGME PP was enacted by Public Law 106-129 to provide Federal
support for graduate medical education (GME) to freestanding children's
hospitals. This legislation attempts to provide support for GME
comparable to the level of Medicare GME support received by other, non-
children's hospitals. The legislation indicates that eligible
children's hospitals will receive payments for both direct and indirect
medical education. Direct payments are designed to offset the expenses
associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training
programs and indirect payments are designed to compensate hospitals for
expenses associated with the treatment of more severely ill patients
and the additional costs relating to teaching residents in such
programs.
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Data are collected on the number of full-time equivalent residents
in applicant children's hospitals' training programs to determine the
amount of direct and indirect medical education payments to be
distributed to participating children's hospitals. Indirect medical
education payments will also be derived from a formula that requires
the reporting of discharges, beds, and case mix index information from
participating children's hospitals. Hospitals will be requested to
submit such information in an annual application. Hospitals will also
be requested to submit data on the number of full-time equivalent
residents a second time during the Federal fiscal year to participate
in the reconciliation payment process.
The estimated annual burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Total number Hours per Total burden
Form respondents respondent of responses response hours
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HRSA 99-1 (Initial Application). 60 1 60 26 1,560
HRSA 99-1 (Reconciliation 60 1 60 8 480
Application)...................
HRSA 99-2 (Initial Application). 60 1 60 15 900
HRSA 99-2 (Reconciliation 60 1 60 5 300
Application)...................
HRSA 99-3 (Initial Application). 60 1 60 .25 15
HRSA 99-3 (Reconciliation 60 1 60 .25 15
Application)...................
HRSA 99-4 (Reconciliation 60 1 60 14 840
Application)...................
HRSA 99-5 (Initial Application). 60 1 60 .25 15
HRSA 99-5 (Reconciliation 60 1 60 .25 15
Application)...................
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Total....................... 60 .............. 60 .............. 4,140
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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: August 23, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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