Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue Debts, 66331 [06-9187]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue
Debts
Section 30.13 of the Department of
Health and Human Services’ claims
collection regulations (45 CFR Part 30)
provides that the Secretary shall charge
an annual rate of interest as fixed by the
Secretary of the Treasury after taking
into consideration private consumer
rates of interest prevailing on the date
that HHS becomes entitled to recovery.
The rate generally cannot be lower than
the Department of Treasury’s current
value of funds rate or the applicable rate
determined from the ‘‘Schedule of
Certified Interest Rates with Range of
Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised
quarterly by the Secretary of the
Treasury and shall be published
quarterly by the Department of Health
and Human Services in the Federal
Register.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
certified a rate of 123⁄8% for the quarter
ended September 30, 2006. This interest
rate will remain in effect until such time
as the Secretary of the Treasury notifies
HHS of any change.
Dated: November 1, 2006.
Jean Augustine,
Director, Office of Financial Policy and
Reporting.
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Proposed Project
Supplement to the National Birth
Defects Prevention Study: Qualitative
Assessment of the Attitudes Mothers
Have Toward Collecting Biological
Specimens on their Infants and Young
Children to Study Risk Factors for Birth
Defects and Preterm Delivery—New—
National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Center on Birth Defects
and Developmental Disabilities
(NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), has been
conducting the National Birth Defects
Prevention Study (OMB number 0920–
0010, Exp. 5/31/2009) since 1997. The
NBDPS is a case-control study of major
birth defects that includes cases
identified from existing birth defect
surveillance registries in nine states,
including metropolitan Atlanta. Control
infants are randomly selected from birth
certificates or birth hospital records.
Mothers of case and control infants are
interviewed using a computer-assisted
telephone interview. Parents are asked
to collect cheek cells from themselves
and their infants for DNA testing.
Information gathered from both the
interviews and the DNA specimens will
be used to study independent genetic
and environmental factors as well as
gene-environment interactions for a
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broad range of carefully classified birth
defects.
This proposed supplement to the
National Birth Defects Prevention Study
will use qualitative research to provide
data on the barriers to participation in
the collection of biological specimens
by mothers on themselves, their infants,
and young children. It is costly to
implement the collection of biological
specimens into an interview/
questionnaire-based study. However, an
ever-increasing number of studies
include the examination of
environmental and genetic interactions
to help medical and public health
professionals’ better target appropriate
interventions. A critical component for
studies of gene variants is the collection
of biological specimens. Participation
and non-participation in the collection
of biological specimens is not fully
understood. We will conduct multiple
well-designed focus groups to assess the
attitudes of both mothers who
participated and mothers who did not
participate in the collection of biological
specimens to increase the effectiveness
of these studies. This information will
be useful to many groups at the CDC
who are currently collecting biological
specimens from infants and their
families but with less than optimal
response rates and those who are
working to implement studies that
include the use of biological specimens.
Scientists from the National Birth
Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) in
NCBDDD, the Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System
(PRAMS) in NCCDPHP, and the Office
of Genomics and Disease Prevention
(OGDP) have received Collaborative
Initiative intramural funding to conduct
focus groups aimed at gaining insight
into the barriers and motivations
women have for participating in the
collection of biological specimens.
Among the three collaborating Centers
within the Coordinating Center for
Health Promotion, NCBDDD’s National
Birth Defects Prevention Study provides
a unique opportunity for exploring the
barriers and motivations toward
collection of genetic material. This focus
group project will recruit mothers who
participated in the maternal interview
for the National Birth Defects
Prevention Study (NBDPS). There are no
costs to the respondents other than their
time. The total estimated annualized
burden hours are 214.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue Debts
Section 30.13 of the Department of Health and Human Services'
claims collection regulations (45 CFR Part 30) provides that the
Secretary shall charge an annual rate of interest as fixed by the
Secretary of the Treasury after taking into consideration private
consumer rates of interest prevailing on the date that HHS becomes
entitled to recovery. The rate generally cannot be lower than the
Department of Treasury's current value of funds rate or the applicable
rate determined from the ``Schedule of Certified Interest Rates with
Range of Maturities.'' This rate may be revised quarterly by the
Secretary of the Treasury and shall be published quarterly by the
Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register.
The Secretary of the Treasury has certified a rate of 12\3/8\% for
the quarter ended September 30, 2006. This interest rate will remain in
effect until such time as the Secretary of the Treasury notifies HHS of
any change.
Dated: November 1, 2006.
Jean Augustine,
Director, Office of Financial Policy and Reporting.
[FR Doc. 06-9187 Filed 11-13-06; 8:45 am]
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