Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service; Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee Survey, 50037-50038 [E8-19480]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
50037
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 165 / Monday, August 25, 2008 / Notices
IHS Areas and Service Units for
improving prevention, detection, and
treatment of infectious and chronic
disease, specifically in this case, HIV
and Sexually Transmitted Disease
(STD).
The ‘‘HIV Knowledge/Attitudes/
Practice Customer Survey’’ (hereto
referred to as Customer Survey), will
provide the information needed to
understand the most effective and
appropriate methods to complete these
goals. With the information collected
from patients, we will be able to offer
recommendations to Service Units on
how to best scale up screening for
sensitive topics such as HIV and STDs
in AI/AN communities. Also, the
information will give IHS the tools to
assist our Service Units with
implementation of current national
recommendations by CDC. At the
moment, we are encouraging uptake of
current CDC national recommendations;
however, without this information, we
are unable to maximize effectiveness,
dispel myths, and identify
misinformation.
Voluntary customer surveys will be
conducted through self-administered
questionnaires, face-to-face interviews,
and potentially electronic media. The
information gathered will be used by
DEDP and the HIV Program to identify
how patients would prefer to be offered
expanded testing in a way that is
respectful, confidential, and effective.
Affected Public: Individuals. Type of
Respondents: IHS customers.
The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, Estimated
number of respondents, Number of
responses per respondent, Average
burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hour(s).
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Estimated
number of
respondents
Data collection instrument
Responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hour
per response
Total annual
burden hours
1000
1
10/60
166
Total ..........................................................................................................
ebenthall on PRODPC60 with NOTICES
Customer survey ..............................................................................................
1000
........................
........................
166
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary to carry
out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d)
whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Send Comments and Requests for
Further Information: Send your written
comments, requests for more
information on the proposed collection,
or requests to obtain a copy of the data
collection instrument(s) and
instructions to: Ms. Janet Ingersoll,
Acting IHS Reports Clearance Officer,
801 Thompson Avenue, TMP 450,
Rockville, MD 20852–1627; call non-toll
free (301) 443–6177; send via facsimile
to (301) 443–2316; or send your E-mail
requests, comments, and return address
to: janet.ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:18 Aug 22, 2008
Jkt 214001
received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: August 18, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8–19479 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165–16–M
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day
Proposed Information Collection:
Indian Health Service; Health
Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee
Survey
Indian Health Service, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires
60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
is publishing for comment a summary of
a proposed information collection to be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917–
NEW, ‘‘Indian Health Service Health
Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee
Survey.’’ Type of Information Collection
Request: This is a one time survey to
fulfill an OMB request for an
independent external evaluation
collection, 0917–NEW, ‘‘Indian Health
Service Health Promotion/Disease
Prevention (HP/DP) Grantee Survey.’’
PO 00000
Frm 00056
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Form(s): The Indian Health Service HP/
DP Interview Survey. Need and Use of
Information Collection: The IHS goal is
to raise the health status of the
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/
AN) people to the highest possible level
by providing comprehensive health care
and preventive health services. HP/DP
is one of the three IHS Director’s
Initiatives to reduce health disparities
among AI/AN populations through a
coordinated and systematic approach to
enhance health promotion and chronic
disease prevention approaches at the
local, regional, and national levels.
The HP/DP competitive grant was
established in 2005 to encourage Tribal
and urban Indian programs to fully
engage their local schools, communities,
health care providers, health centers,
faith-based/spiritual communities,
senior centers, youth programs, local
governments, academia, non-profit
organizations, and many other
community sectors to work together to
enhance and promote health and
prevent chronic disease in their
communities. Thirty-three Tribal/urban
Indian organizations and programs were
awarded competitive grants to expand
and enhance health promotion and
disease prevention to address health
disparities among AI/AN populations.
To conduct a thorough evaluation of
the grant program, 29 telephone and
four face-to-face interviews will be
conducted to collect information to
complete a quantitative and qualitative
evaluation of the HP/DP grant program.
The teleconference interviews may
include one staff member per site. Each
of the Tribal/urban organization/
E:\FR\FM\25AUN1.SGM
25AUN1
50038
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 165 / Monday, August 25, 2008 / Notices
programs will determine the number of
their staff members that will participate
in the interview. The evaluation will
include an assessment of whether HP/
DP grantees achieve measurable health
outcomes, synthesize the evaluation
findings, and include a written report
with recommendations to enhance
program effectiveness. The information
gathered will be used to prepare a final
report for OMB. Affected Public:
Individuals. Type of Respondents:
Tribal/Urban organizations program
staff.
The table below provides: Types of
data collection instruments, Estimated
number of respondents, Number of
responses per respondent, Average
burden hour per response, and Total
annual burden hour(s).
ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Estimated
number of
respondents
Data collection instrument
Responses
per
respondent
Average
burden hour
per response
Total annual
burden hours
HP/DP Grantees Telephone and Face-to-Face Interview Survey ..................
231
1
1
231
Total ..........................................................................................................
231
........................
........................
231
ebenthall on PRODPC60 with NOTICES
There are no Capital Costs, Operating
Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to
report.
Request for Comments: Your written
comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following
points: (a) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary to carry
out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information
collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(c) the accuracy of the public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time
needed for individual respondents to
provide the requested information); (d)
whether the methodology and
assumptions used to determine the
estimates are logical; (e) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Send Comments and Requests for
Further Information: Send your written
comments, requests for more
information on the proposed collection,
or requests to obtain a copy of the data
collection instrument(s) and
instructions to: Ms. Janet Ingersoll,
Acting IHS Reports Clearance Officer,
801 Thompson Avenue, TMP 450,
Rockville, MD 20852–1627; call non-toll
free (301) 443–6177; send via facsimile
to (301) 443–2316; or send your e-mail
requests, comments, and return address
to: janet.ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having full effect if
received within 60 days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: August 18, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8–19480 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165–16–M
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:18 Aug 22, 2008
Jkt 214001
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Modified
or Altered System Medical, Health and
Billing Records System
AGENCY:
Indian Health Service (IHS),
HHS.
Notice of Proposed Modification
or Alteration to a System of Records
(SOR).
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
IHS is proposing to modify or alter an
SOR, ‘‘Medical, Health and Billing
Records,’’ System No. 09–17–0001. IHS
is proposing to amend routine use
number 10 to be more consistent with
the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy
Rule language, 45 CFR 164.512(b) by
changing the language to state ‘‘which
are authorized by applicable Federal,
State, Tribal or local law * * *,’’ which
would give IHS the discretion of
allowing additional disclosures. For
example, this change will give IHS the
discretion to disclose controlled
substance prescription data to a
centralized database administered by an
authorized State public health entity,
such as state prescription drug
monitoring programs (PMP). IHS is also
proposing to add routine use number 25
to meet the newly established
requirement by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Memoranda (M) 07–16, Safeguarding
Against and Responding to the Breach
of Personally Identifiable Information
and to Comply with HHS Incident
Reporting and Handling Requirements.
Effective Dates: IHS filed an altered/
modified system report with the Chair
of the House Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform, the Chair of
the Senate Committee on Homeland
PO 00000
Frm 00057
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Security and Governmental Affairs, and
the Administrator, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB on August
25, 2008. To ensure that all parties have
adequate time in which to comment, the
modified SOR will become effective 40
days from the publication of the notice,
or from the date it was submitted to
OMB and the Congress, whichever is
later, unless IHS invites comments on
all portions of this notice.
The public should address
comments to: Mr. William Tibbitts, IHS
Privacy Act/HIPAA Privacy Officer,
Office of Management Services, Division
of Regulatory Affairs, Records Access
and Policy Liaison, 801 Thompson
Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD
20852–1627; call non-toll free (301)
443–1116; send via facsimile to (301)
443–2316, or send your e-mail requests,
comments, and return address to:
William.Tibbitts@ihs.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Ms.
Patricia Gowan, IHS Lead Health
Information Management (HIM)
Consultant and Area HIM Consultant,
Phoenix Area Office, Two Renaissance
Square, 40 North Central Avenue,
Phoenix, AZ 85004–4450, Telephone
(602) 364–5172.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
IHS
initiated a national workgroup
consisting of IHS Chief Medical Officers
(CMOs) and the IHS National Pharmacy
Council (NPC) to assist the IHS in
systematically addressing the issue of
prescription drug abuse. Currently,
approximately 35 States have controlled
substances prescription reporting
systems that allow providers to monitor
their patient’s prescriptions and access
to controlled substances.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
E:\FR\FM\25AUN1.SGM
25AUN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50037-50038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19480]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Indian Health Service; Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Grantee Survey
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service
(IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed information
collection to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review.
Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-NEW, ``Indian Health Service
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Grantee Survey.'' Type of
Information Collection Request: This is a one time survey to fulfill an
OMB request for an independent external evaluation collection, 0917-
NEW, ``Indian Health Service Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (HP/
DP) Grantee Survey.'' Form(s): The Indian Health Service HP/DP
Interview Survey. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS goal
is to raise the health status of the American Indian and Alaska Native
(AI/AN) people to the highest possible level by providing comprehensive
health care and preventive health services. HP/DP is one of the three
IHS Director's Initiatives to reduce health disparities among AI/AN
populations through a coordinated and systematic approach to enhance
health promotion and chronic disease prevention approaches at the
local, regional, and national levels.
The HP/DP competitive grant was established in 2005 to encourage
Tribal and urban Indian programs to fully engage their local schools,
communities, health care providers, health centers, faith-based/
spiritual communities, senior centers, youth programs, local
governments, academia, non-profit organizations, and many other
community sectors to work together to enhance and promote health and
prevent chronic disease in their communities. Thirty-three Tribal/urban
Indian organizations and programs were awarded competitive grants to
expand and enhance health promotion and disease prevention to address
health disparities among AI/AN populations.
To conduct a thorough evaluation of the grant program, 29 telephone
and four face-to-face interviews will be conducted to collect
information to complete a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of
the HP/DP grant program. The teleconference interviews may include one
staff member per site. Each of the Tribal/urban organization/
[[Page 50038]]
programs will determine the number of their staff members that will
participate in the interview. The evaluation will include an assessment
of whether HP/DP grantees achieve measurable health outcomes,
synthesize the evaluation findings, and include a written report with
recommendations to enhance program effectiveness. The information
gathered will be used to prepare a final report for OMB. Affected
Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: Tribal/Urban organizations
program staff.
The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments,
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent,
Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hour(s).
Estimated Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Average
Data collection instrument number of Responses per burden hour Total annual
respondents respondent per response burden hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HP/DP Grantees Telephone and Face-to-Face 231 1 1 231
Interview Survey...............................
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 231 .............. .............. 231
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of the public burden
estimate (the estimated amount of time needed for individual
respondents to provide the requested information); (d) whether the
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates are
logical; (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed
collection, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection
instrument(s) and instructions to: Ms. Janet Ingersoll, Acting IHS
Reports Clearance Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP 450, Rockville, MD
20852-1627; call non-toll free (301) 443-6177; send via facsimile to
(301) 443-2316; or send your e-mail requests, comments, and return
address to: janet.ingersoll@ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60
days of the date of this publication.
Dated: August 18, 2008.
Robert G. McSwain,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19480 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-16-M
