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[OMB Control No. 3090–0250; Docket No.
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General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Information
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Collection Reports
Office of the Chief Acquisition
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ACTION: Notice of request for comments
regarding a renewal to an existing OMB
clearance.
AGENCY:
Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB) will be submitting to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve a
reinstatement of a previously approved
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collection reports.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary and whether it
will have practical utility; whether our
estimate of the public burden of this
collection of information is accurate and
based on valid assumptions and
methodology; and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
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• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
inputting ‘‘Information Collection 3090–
0250, Zero Burden Information
Collection Reports’’, under the heading
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ and selecting
‘‘Search’’. Select the link ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ that corresponds with
‘‘Information Collection 3090–0250,
Zero Burden Information Collection
Reports’’. Follow the instructions
provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’
screen. Please include your name,
company name (if any), and
‘‘Information Collection 3090–0250,
Zero Burden Information Collection
Reports’’ on your attached document.
• Fax: 202–501–4067.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada
Flowers/IC 3090–0250, Zero Burden
Information Collection Reports.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
3090–0250, Zero Burden Information
Collection Reports, in all
correspondence related to this
collection. All comments received will
be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This information requirement consists
of reports that do not impose collection
burdens upon the public. These
collections require information which is
already available to the public at large
or that is routinely exchanged by firms
during the normal course of business. A
general control number for these
collections decreases the amount of
paperwork generated by the approval
process.
GSA has published rules in the
Federal Register that fall under
information collection 3090–0250. The
rule that prescribed clause 552.238–70
‘‘Identification of Electronic Office
Equipment Providing Accessibility for
the Handicapped’’ was published at 56
FR 29442, June 27, 1991, titled
‘‘Implementation of Public Law 99–
506’’, with an effective date of July 8,
1991; and Clause 552.238–74
‘‘Industrial Funding Fee and Sales
Reporting’’ published at 68 FR 41286,
July 11, 2003.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
None.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
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telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite
OMB Control No. 3090–0250, Zero
Burden Information Collection Reports,
in all correspondence.
Dated: June 21, 2011.
Millisa Gary,
Acting Director, Federal Acquisition Policy
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Notice of Availability of Proposed Data
Collection Standards for Race,
Ethnicity, Primary Language, Sex, and
Disability Status Required by Section
4302 of the Affordable Care Act
Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Office of Minority
Health.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS) is seeking
public comment on the proposed data
collection standards for race, ethnicity,
sex, primary language and disability
status, as required by Section 4302 of
the Affordable Care Act. The proposed
data collection standards are now
available on the HHS Web site
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 1, 2011.
SUMMARY:
Instructions for Submitting Comments
You may submit comments, identified
by docket ID number HHS–OMH–2011–
0013 by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Enter the above
docket ID number in the ‘‘Enter
Keyword or ID’’ field and click on
‘‘Search.’’ On the next web page, click
on the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ action and
follow the instructions.
• Standard U.S. Mail: Office of
Minority Health Resource Center,
Attention: Affordable Care Act Section
4302 Data Standard Comments, P.O.
Box 37337, Washington, DC 20013–
73337. Mailed comments must be
postmarked by July 27, 2011.
• Express or Overnight Mail/Courier:
Office of Minority Health Resource
Center, Attention: Affordable Care Act
Section 4302 Data Standard Comments,
1101 Wooton Parkway, Suite 650,
Rockville, MD 20852. For courier
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delivery, please call (800) 444–6472 in
advance to schedule delivery.
The Office of Minority Health strongly
encourages commenters to submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. Comments received, including
any personal information, will be posted
without change to the docket at https://
www.regulations.gov as they are
submitted, usually within 1 week after
submission. While the comment period
remains open, individuals may also
provide comments in response to
already submitted comments that have
been posted to the docket.
The submission of comments in
response to this notice should not
exceed 5 pages, not including
appendices and supplemental
documents. Any information you
submit will be made public.
Consequently, do not send proprietary,
commercial, financial, business
confidential, trade secret, or personal
information that you do not wish to be
made public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rochelle Rollins, PhD, MPH, Office of
Minority Health, 1101 Wootton
Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, MD
20852; Phone (800) 444–6472; E-mail
ACASection4302@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Introduction
DHHS reports, dating back to the
landmark 1985 Secretary’s Task Force
on Black and Minority Health, note the
critical importance of rich data systems
and culturally competent research to
understand and reduce health
disparities among population
subgroups. Such disparities reflect the
interactive effects of multiple social,
economic, behavioral, and
environmental determinants of health,
including access to high quality health
care services. Data improvement efforts
enhance the ability of the public health
and healthcare systems to identify and
track disparities in health and health
care, and facilitate greater accountability
for reducing them. Although there have
been government-wide standards for the
collection of race and ethnicity for many
years, the lack of standards related to
data collection on population subgroups
defined by other characteristics—such
as primary language and disability—
remains a challenge for reporting and
tracking data on health disparities.
Overview of Section 4302 of the
Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act includes
multiple provisions aimed at
eliminating health disparities in
America. Section 4302 (Understanding
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health disparities: Data collection and
analysis) of the Affordable Care Act
focuses on the standardization,
collection, analysis, and reporting of
health disparities data. While data alone
will not reduce disparities, it can be
foundational to our efforts to
characterize the disparities, design
effective responses, and evaluate our
progress.
Section 4302 begins by requiring the
Secretary of DHHS to establish data
collection standards for race, ethnicity,
sex, primary language, and disability
status. The law requires that, once
established, these data collection
standards be used, to the extent
practicable, in HHS national population
health surveys. The law also requires
that any DHHS data standards be in
compliance with standards created by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), such as those for race and
ethnicity. As such, OMB’s standards are
not the subject of comment in this
notice.
The focus of this announcement is for
data collection standards related to race,
ethnicity, primary language, sex, and
disability status, as outlined in Section
4302 of the Affordable Care Act. The
law also requires that these data
collection standards be used for the
purposes of measuring quality and
reporting for any federally sponsored,
federally conducted, or supported
health care or public health program,
activity, or survey. Additional
subsections of the law relate to data
collection standards require the
Department to develop data collection
standards for access to care for persons
with disabilities. The law also gives the
Secretary the authority to require that
additional demographic data be
collected on all Departmental surveys
and to develop appropriate data
collection standards. The full text of
Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act
can be found at minorityhealth.hhs.gov/
section4302.
purposes and methods of population
health surveys for self-reported data.
The proposed data collection
standards and rationale are for race,
ethnicity, primary language, sex, and
disability status and pertain only to selfreported data. These proposed data
collection standards represent the first
round of implementation of Section
4302 of the Affordable Care Act related
to race, ethnicity, sex, primary language
and disability status. Implementation
efforts related to additional subsections
of Section 4302 of the Affordable Care
Act continue.
The Department is also in the process
of developing and validating standard
approaches for collecting data about
sexual orientation and gender identity.
With this notice, the Office of
Minority Health requests comment from
the public and interested stakeholders
on the proposed data collection
standards for race, ethnicity, sex,
primary language, and disability status.
The text of the proposed data
standards is available in HTML and PDF
formats through the Office of Minority
Health Web site at
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302 and
the https://www.regulations.gov, docket
ID number HHS–OMH–2011–0013. The
full text of Section 4302 of the
Affordable Care Act can be found at
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302. For
those who may not have Internet access,
a hard copy can be requested from the
point of contact, Rochelle Rollins, PhD,
MPH, Office of the Minority Health,
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600,
Rockville, MD 20852; Phone (800) 444–
6472; E-mail ACASection4302@hhs.gov.
Implementation of Section 4302 of the
Affordable Care Act
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
The Department proposed data
collection standards for race, ethnicity,
sex, primary language and disability
status were guided by existing federal
data standards, the results of studies
and public reports, consultation with
statistical agencies and programs, and
the expertise of subject matter experts
who have leadership roles with
collecting and analyzing this type of
data. The focus was to develop data
collection standards for race, ethnicity,
sex, primary language and disability
status that are appropriate for the
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
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Garth Graham,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority
Health, Office of Assistant Secretary for
Health .
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Notice of Availability of Proposed Data Collection Standards for
Race, Ethnicity, Primary Language, Sex, and Disability Status Required
by Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Minority Health.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking
public comment on the proposed data collection standards for race,
ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status, as required by
Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act. The proposed data collection
standards are now available on the HHS Web site minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 1, 2011.
Instructions for Submitting Comments
You may submit comments, identified by docket ID number HHS-OMH-
2011-0013 by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Enter the above docket ID number in the ``Enter Keyword or ID'' field
and click on ``Search.'' On the next web page, click on the ``Submit a
Comment'' action and follow the instructions.
Standard U.S. Mail: Office of Minority Health Resource
Center, Attention: Affordable Care Act Section 4302 Data Standard
Comments, P.O. Box 37337, Washington, DC 20013-73337. Mailed comments
must be postmarked by July 27, 2011.
Express or Overnight Mail/Courier: Office of Minority
Health Resource Center, Attention: Affordable Care Act Section 4302
Data Standard Comments, 1101 Wooton Parkway, Suite 650, Rockville, MD
20852. For courier
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delivery, please call (800) 444-6472 in advance to schedule delivery.
The Office of Minority Health strongly encourages commenters to
submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Comments received,
including any personal information, will be posted without change to
the docket at https://www.regulations.gov as they are submitted, usually
within 1 week after submission. While the comment period remains open,
individuals may also provide comments in response to already submitted
comments that have been posted to the docket.
The submission of comments in response to this notice should not
exceed 5 pages, not including appendices and supplemental documents.
Any information you submit will be made public. Consequently, do not
send proprietary, commercial, financial, business confidential, trade
secret, or personal information that you do not wish to be made public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rochelle Rollins, PhD, MPH, Office of
Minority Health, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, MD 20852;
Phone (800) 444-6472; E-mail ACASection4302@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
DHHS reports, dating back to the landmark 1985 Secretary's Task
Force on Black and Minority Health, note the critical importance of
rich data systems and culturally competent research to understand and
reduce health disparities among population subgroups. Such disparities
reflect the interactive effects of multiple social, economic,
behavioral, and environmental determinants of health, including access
to high quality health care services. Data improvement efforts enhance
the ability of the public health and healthcare systems to identify and
track disparities in health and health care, and facilitate greater
accountability for reducing them. Although there have been government-
wide standards for the collection of race and ethnicity for many years,
the lack of standards related to data collection on population
subgroups defined by other characteristics--such as primary language
and disability--remains a challenge for reporting and tracking data on
health disparities.
Overview of Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act includes multiple provisions aimed at
eliminating health disparities in America. Section 4302 (Understanding
health disparities: Data collection and analysis) of the Affordable
Care Act focuses on the standardization, collection, analysis, and
reporting of health disparities data. While data alone will not reduce
disparities, it can be foundational to our efforts to characterize the
disparities, design effective responses, and evaluate our progress.
Section 4302 begins by requiring the Secretary of DHHS to establish
data collection standards for race, ethnicity, sex, primary language,
and disability status. The law requires that, once established, these
data collection standards be used, to the extent practicable, in HHS
national population health surveys. The law also requires that any DHHS
data standards be in compliance with standards created by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), such as those for race and ethnicity. As
such, OMB's standards are not the subject of comment in this notice.
The focus of this announcement is for data collection standards
related to race, ethnicity, primary language, sex, and disability
status, as outlined in Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act. The law
also requires that these data collection standards be used for the
purposes of measuring quality and reporting for any federally
sponsored, federally conducted, or supported health care or public
health program, activity, or survey. Additional subsections of the law
relate to data collection standards require the Department to develop
data collection standards for access to care for persons with
disabilities. The law also gives the Secretary the authority to require
that additional demographic data be collected on all Departmental
surveys and to develop appropriate data collection standards. The full
text of Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act can be found at
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302.
Implementation of Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act
The Department proposed data collection standards for race,
ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status were guided by
existing federal data standards, the results of studies and public
reports, consultation with statistical agencies and programs, and the
expertise of subject matter experts who have leadership roles with
collecting and analyzing this type of data. The focus was to develop
data collection standards for race, ethnicity, sex, primary language
and disability status that are appropriate for the purposes and methods
of population health surveys for self-reported data.
The proposed data collection standards and rationale are for race,
ethnicity, primary language, sex, and disability status and pertain
only to self-reported data. These proposed data collection standards
represent the first round of implementation of Section 4302 of the
Affordable Care Act related to race, ethnicity, sex, primary language
and disability status. Implementation efforts related to additional
subsections of Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act continue.
The Department is also in the process of developing and validating
standard approaches for collecting data about sexual orientation and
gender identity.
With this notice, the Office of Minority Health requests comment
from the public and interested stakeholders on the proposed data
collection standards for race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and
disability status.
The text of the proposed data standards is available in HTML and
PDF formats through the Office of Minority Health Web site at
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302 and the https://www.regulations.gov,
docket ID number HHS-OMH-2011-0013. The full text of Section 4302 of
the Affordable Care Act can be found at minorityhealth.hhs.gov/section4302. For those who may not have Internet access, a hard copy
can be requested from the point of contact, Rochelle Rollins, PhD, MPH,
Office of the Minority Health, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 600,
Rockville, MD 20852; Phone (800) 444-6472; E-mail
ACASection4302@hhs.gov.
June 24, 2011.
Garth Graham,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Office of Assistant
Secretary for Health .
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