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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 96 / Friday, May 16, 2008 / Notices
Terry Nicolosi,
Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction
Act Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–11032 Filed 5–15–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 30-day
notice]
Agency Information Collection
Request. 30–Day Public Comment
Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary (OS), Department
of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of a
proposed collection for public
comment. Interested persons are invited
to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
AGENCY:
special initiatives pertaining to the over
54 million persons with disabilities in
the United States. As part of these
efforts, the OD encourages youth with
physical and cognitive disabilities to
adopt a healthier life style that includes
good nutrition and increased physical
activity. ‘‘I Can Do it, You Can Do It’’
is a health promotion intervention
program for children and youth between
the ages of 10 and 21 with disabilities
that employs a one-on-one mentoring
approach to change health behaviors.
The program is implemented by
sponsoring organizations who work
with children and youth with
disabilities. The OD will evaluate the
effectiveness of the program.
The evaluation will be completed
over a two-year period. Respondents
will be children and youth with
disabilities who are participating in the
program. Mentors who work with the
participants/mentees will complete a
post-program survey. Coordinators from
the sponsoring organizations will
complete a process evaluation survey.
Results will be used to determine if the
program has been successful, to report
progress, and to make revisions for
future administration of the program.
There are no costs to respondents except
their time to participate in the surveys.
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address, phone number,
OMB number, and OS document
identifier, to
Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (202)
690–5683. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be
received within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OS OMB Desk Officer all
comments must be faxed to OMB at
202–395–6974.
Proposed Project: Evaluation of the ‘‘I
Can Do It, You Can Do It’’ Health
Promotion Program for Children and
Youth with Disabilities—New—Office
on Disability (OD).
Abstract: The Department of Health
and Human Services’ Office on
Disability (OD) oversees the
implementation and coordination of
disability programs, policies, and
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Average
burden hours
per response
(in hours)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Forms
Type of
respondent
Registration Form .............................
Goal Setting Worksheet ....................
Mentor Registration Form .................
Pre-Test Survey ................................
Weekly Check-In Form .....................
First Post-Test Survey ......................
Second Post-Test Survey .................
Mentor Post Assessment ..................
Agency Coordinator Survey ..............
Program Participant/Mentee ............
Program Participant/Mentee ............
Mentor ..............................................
Program Participant/Mentee ............
Program Participant/Mentee ............
Program Participant/Mentee ............
Program Participant/Mentee ............
Mentor ..............................................
Agency Coordinators ........................
660
610
450
560
560
510
460
450
6
1
1
1
1
8
1
1
1
1
8/60
7/60
10/60
19/60
7/60
18/60
18/60
15/60
45/60
88
71
75
177
522
153
138
112
4.5
Total ...........................................
...........................................................
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1340.5
Terry Nicolosi,
Office of the Secretary, Director, Office of
Resources Management .
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP)
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, ASPR (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
Secretary’s proposal to require Hospital
Preparedness Program (HPP)
cooperative agreement recipients to
contribute non-federal matching funds
starting with the FY 2009 funding cycle
and each year thereafter. The amount of
the cost sharing requirement in FY 2009
will be five percent of the award amount
and in FY 2010 and each year thereafter
the amount of match will be ten percent
of the award amount.
DATES: To be considered, comments on
this notice must be submitted by June
16, 2008. Subject to consideration of the
comments submitted, the Department
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intends to publish a final notice of any
cost sharing requirement.
See Supplementary
Information, Request for Comments
section for addresses for submitting all
comments concerning this proposal.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CDR
Melissa Sanders, Team Leader,
Healthcare Systems Preparedness
Program, 202–245–0763
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authorized by section 319C–2 of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as
amended by the Pandemic and AllHazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)
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(Pub. L. 109–417), the HPP is a
cooperative agreement program funded
and administered by the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response (ASPR). Its purpose is to
improve surge capacity and enhance
community and hospital preparedness
for public health emergencies.
Currently there are 62 awardees
comprised of the 50 States; the District
of Columbia; the three metropolitan
areas of New York City, Los Angeles
County and Chicago; the
Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the
Northern Mariana Islands; the territories
of American Samoa, Guam and the U.S.
Virgin Islands; the Federated States of
Micronesia; and the Republics of Palau
and the Marshall Islands.
Since the inception of the program in
2002 awardees have received funding
through a statutory formula that
employs a base allocation with an
adjustment for population. PAHPA
amended section 319C–1 and 319C–2 of
the PHS Act to add certain
accountability provisions.
Consistent with those accountability
provisions, this notice proposes to
introduce a cost sharing requirement for
the HPP program as a concrete way of
solidifying collaboration between States
and the Federal government in assuring
this program will achieve enhanced
sustainability in healthcare system
preparedness during and after the
project period has ended.
ASPR proposes that awardees will
make available, either directly or
through donations from public or
private entities non-Federal
contributions in an amount equal to five
percent of the award amount in FY 2009
and ten percent of the award amount in
FY 2010 and each successive year for
the duration of the program. NonFederal contributions would be
provided directly or through donations
from public or private entities and may
be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated,
including plant, equipment or services.
Amounts provided by the Federal
government, or services assisted or
subsidized to any significant extent by
the Federal government, would not be
included in determining the amount of
such non-Federal contributions.
The cost sharing requirement would
apply to the entire award amount
received by the State from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services through the HPP.
The cost sharing requirement would
be implemented as a term and condition
of the HPP award.
Request for Comments: The ASPR
invites public comment on this notice to
add a cost sharing requirement to the
HPP. You may submit comments in one
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of three ways (please choose only one of
the ways listed):
• E-mail: CDR Melissa Sanders,
melissa.sanders@hhs.gov.
• Mail: CDR Melissa Sanders, Team
Leader, Healthcare Systems
Preparedness Programs, HSS/OS/ASPR,
395 E Street, SW., 10th Floor, Suite
1075, Washington, DC 20201
• Hand Delivery/Courier: CDR
Melissa Sanders, Team Leader,
Healthcare Systems Preparedness
Programs, HSS/OS/ASPR, 395 E Street.,
SW., 10th Floor, Suite 1075,
Washington, DC 20201
Dated: May 9, 2008.
RADM W. Craig Vanderwagon,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, Office of the Secretary, Department
of Health and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Program Reporting and Accountability
Changes to the Hospital Preparedness
Program (HPP)
Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, ASPR (HHS).
ACTION: Notification of intent to fund
and information on: (1) Maintenance of
Funding (MOF); (2) Evidenced-Based
Benchmarks and Objective Standards;
(3) Reporting; (4) Funding Formula; (5)
Withholding; and (6) Maximum
Carryover Amount.
AGENCY:
The final FY 2008 Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for
the Hospital Preparedness Program
(HPP) will be available in the coming
weeks at https://www.grants.gov.
SUMMARY: The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS or the
Department) is issuing in the third
quarter of FY 2008 a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for
the HPP, authorized under section
319C–2 of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, as amended by the Pandemic
and All-Hazards Preparedness Act
(PAHPA) (Pub. L. 109–417). The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008,
provides funding for these awards (Pub.
L. 110–161). This Federal Register
notice provides information concerning
critical aspects of this program
including:
• Program Background;
• Program Requirements:
Æ Maintenance of Funding;
Æ Evidenced Based Benchmarks and
Objective Standards;
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Æ Reporting;
Æ Funding Formula;
Æ Withholding;
Æ Maximum Carryover Amount;
• Important Dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR
Melissa Sanders at (202) 245–0763, or
melissa.sanders@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Program Background
Building on the lessons learned from
the attacks of September 11th, 2001, and
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, PAHPA
was enacted in December 2006 to
improve the Nation’s public health and
medical preparedness and response
capabilities for emergencies, whether
deliberate, accidental, or natural.
PAHPA amended and added new
sections to the PHS Act. Examples of
these changes include: identifying the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
as the lead official for all Federal public
health and medical responses to public
health emergencies and other incidents
covered by the National Response
Framework; establishing the position of
the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness
and Response (ASPR), who will lead
and coordinate HHS preparedness and
response activities, advise the Secretary
of HHS during an emergency, and lead
the coordination of emergency
preparedness and response efforts
between HHS and other Federal
agencies; consolidating Federal public
health and medical response programs
under the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response (ASPR);
requiring the development and
implementation of the National Health
Security Strategy; and reauthorizing the
Public Health and Emergency
Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative
agreements administered by the CDC
and the HPP grants administered by the
ASPR. In addition to reauthorizing these
two cooperative agreement programs,
PAHPA amended these grant programs
to add certain new requirements that
awardees must meet. The purpose of
this notice is to notify HPP awardees
about critical aspects and requirements
of the HPP as amended by PAHPA.
Purpose: The purpose of the Hospital
Preparedness Program (HPP) is to
provide funding to improve surge
capacity and realize the following
preparedness goals:
• Integration: Ensuring the integration
of public and private medical
capabilities with public health and
other first responder systems,
including—
1. Periodically evaluating
preparedness and response capabilities
through drills and exercises; and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP)
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, ASPR (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the Secretary's proposal to require
Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) cooperative agreement recipients to
contribute non-federal matching funds starting with the FY 2009 funding
cycle and each year thereafter. The amount of the cost sharing
requirement in FY 2009 will be five percent of the award amount and in
FY 2010 and each year thereafter the amount of match will be ten
percent of the award amount.
DATES: To be considered, comments on this notice must be submitted by
June 16, 2008. Subject to consideration of the comments submitted, the
Department intends to publish a final notice of any cost sharing
requirement.
ADDRESSES: See Supplementary Information, Request for Comments section
for addresses for submitting all comments concerning this proposal.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR Melissa Sanders, Team Leader,
Healthcare Systems Preparedness Program, 202-245-0763
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authorized by section 319C-2 of the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended by the Pandemic and All-Hazards
Preparedness Act (PAHPA)
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(Pub. L. 109-417), the HPP is a cooperative agreement program funded
and administered by the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response (ASPR). Its purpose is to improve surge capacity and enhance
community and hospital preparedness for public health emergencies.
Currently there are 62 awardees comprised of the 50 States; the
District of Columbia; the three metropolitan areas of New York City,
Los Angeles County and Chicago; the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and
the Northern Mariana Islands; the territories of American Samoa, Guam
and the U.S. Virgin Islands; the Federated States of Micronesia; and
the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islands.
Since the inception of the program in 2002 awardees have received
funding through a statutory formula that employs a base allocation with
an adjustment for population. PAHPA amended section 319C-1 and 319C-2
of the PHS Act to add certain accountability provisions.
Consistent with those accountability provisions, this notice
proposes to introduce a cost sharing requirement for the HPP program as
a concrete way of solidifying collaboration between States and the
Federal government in assuring this program will achieve enhanced
sustainability in healthcare system preparedness during and after the
project period has ended.
ASPR proposes that awardees will make available, either directly or
through donations from public or private entities non-Federal
contributions in an amount equal to five percent of the award amount in
FY 2009 and ten percent of the award amount in FY 2010 and each
successive year for the duration of the program. Non-Federal
contributions would be provided directly or through donations from
public or private entities and may be in cash or in kind, fairly
evaluated, including plant, equipment or services. Amounts provided by
the Federal government, or services assisted or subsidized to any
significant extent by the Federal government, would not be included in
determining the amount of such non-Federal contributions.
The cost sharing requirement would apply to the entire award amount
received by the State from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services through the HPP.
The cost sharing requirement would be implemented as a term and
condition of the HPP award.
Request for Comments: The ASPR invites public comment on this
notice to add a cost sharing requirement to the HPP. You may submit
comments in one of three ways (please choose only one of the ways
listed):
E-mail: CDR Melissa Sanders, melissa.sanders@hhs.gov.
Mail: CDR Melissa Sanders, Team Leader, Healthcare Systems
Preparedness Programs, HSS/OS/ASPR, 395 E Street, SW., 10th Floor,
Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20201
Hand Delivery/Courier: CDR Melissa Sanders, Team Leader,
Healthcare Systems Preparedness Programs, HSS/OS/ASPR, 395 E Street.,
SW., 10th Floor, Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20201
Dated: May 9, 2008.
RADM W. Craig Vanderwagon,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
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