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The following request has been
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget for review under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA)
publishes abstracts of information
collection requests under review by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of
the clearance requests submitted to
OMB for review, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA
Proposed Project: Free Clinics FTCA
Program Application (OMB No. 0915–
0293)—[Revision]
Under 42 U.S.C. 233(o) and HRSA
BPHC Policy Information Notice 2011–
02, ‘‘Free Clinics Federal Tort Claims
Act (FTCA) Program Policy Guide,’’ the
FTCA Free Clinic Program requires free
clinics to submit annual, renewal, and
supplemental applications for the
process of deeming qualified health care
professionals, board members, officers,
and contractors for FTCA malpractice
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Responses
per
respondent
insurance coverage. It is proposed that
the application forms be modified to
comply with the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act section 10608,
amending 42 U.S.C. 233(o)(1), as well as
upgrade the application to provide for
an electronic submission. The
modifications include: (1) Inclusion of
board members, officers, employees,
and contractors into one comprehensive
application, and (2) a fully electronic
application that can be submitted
electronically via email or the internet.
It is anticipated that these modifications
will decrease the time and effort
required by the current OMB approved
FTCA application forms.
The annual estimate of burden is as
follows:
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
Free Clinics FTCA Program Application ..............................
200
1
200
14
2800
Total ..............................................................................
200
........................
200
........................
2800
Written comments and
recommendations concerning the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of the date of this
notice to the desk officer for HRSA,
either by e-mail to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by
fax to 202–395–6974. Please direct all
correspondence to the ‘‘attention of the
desk officer for HRSA.’’
Dated: August 16, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011–21428 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am]
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National Advisory Committee on Rural
Health and Human Services; Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is
made of the following National
Advisory body scheduled to meet
during the month of September 2011.
The National Advisory Committee on
Rural Health will convene its sixtyninth meeting in the time and place
specified below:
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Name: National Advisory Committee on
Rural Health and Human Services.
Dates and Time:
September 26, 2011, 12:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
September 27, 2011, 8:45 a.m.–4 p.m.
September 28, 2011, 8:45 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Place: Forrest General Hospital, 6051 US
Highway 40, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401.
Phone: (601) 288–7000.
The meeting will be open to the public.
Purpose: The National Advisory
Committee on Rural Health and Human
Services provides advice and
recommendations to the Secretary with
respect to the delivery, research,
development, and administration of health
and human services in rural areas.
Agenda: Monday morning, at 12:30 p.m.,
the meeting will be called to order by the
Chairperson of the Committee, the Honorable
Ronnie Musgrove. The first two presentations
will be overviews of rural Mississippi and
the Mississippi State Office of Rural Health.
The remainder of the day the Committee will
hear presentations on the three chosen
Subcommittee topics. The first panel will
focus on Health Disparities in Rural
Communities. The second panel is Physician
Payment Value Modifier. The final panel of
the day is Care Transition and Aging and
Disability Resource Center Program (ADRC).
After the panel discussions, the Committee
Chair will give an overview of the site visits.
This will be followed by a call for public
comment. The Monday meeting will close at
5 p.m.
Tuesday morning, at 8:45 a.m., Steve
Hirsch, Executive Secretariat for the
NACRHHS, will provide a Departmental
Update. At 9:15 a.m., the Committee will
break into Subcommittees and depart to the
site visits. The Health Disparities
Subcommittee will visit a Federally Qualified
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Healthcare Center in New Augusta, Perry
County; and the Physician Payment Value
Modifier Subcommittee will visit the
Covington County Hospital in Collins,
Mississippi. The Care Transitions and ADRC
Subcommittee will visit Forrest General
Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The
Subcommittees will return to the Forrest
General Hospital in Hattiesburg at 3:30 p.m.
Transportation to the site visits will not be
provided to the public. The Tuesday meeting
will close at 4 p.m.
The final session will be convened on
Wednesday morning at 8:45 a.m. The
meeting will open with a review of the
Subcommittee site visits. The Chair of the
Committee will lead a Working Session to
discuss development of the Report to the
Secretary. The Committee will draft a letter
to the Secretary and discuss the agenda for
the February 2012 meeting. The meeting will
be adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
For Further Information Contact: Steve
Hirsch, MSLS, Executive Secretary, National
Advisory Committee on Rural Health and
Human Services, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Parklawn Building,
Room 5A–05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857, Telephone (301) 443–0835, Fax
(301) 443–2803.
Persons interested in attending any portion
of the meeting should contact Aaron Wingad
at the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
via Telephone at (301) 443–0835 or by e-mail
at awingad@hrsa.gov. The Committee
meeting agenda will be posted on ORHP’s
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request
a copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, e-mail
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call the HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)
443-1129.
The following request has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995:
Proposed Project: Free Clinics FTCA Program Application (OMB No. 0915-
0293)--[Revision]
Under 42 U.S.C. 233(o) and HRSA BPHC Policy Information Notice
2011-02, ``Free Clinics Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Program Policy
Guide,'' the FTCA Free Clinic Program requires free clinics to submit
annual, renewal, and supplemental applications for the process of
deeming qualified health care professionals, board members, officers,
and contractors for FTCA malpractice insurance coverage. It is proposed
that the application forms be modified to comply with the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act section 10608, amending 42 U.S.C.
233(o)(1), as well as upgrade the application to provide for an
electronic submission. The modifications include: (1) Inclusion of
board members, officers, employees, and contractors into one
comprehensive application, and (2) a fully electronic application that
can be submitted electronically via email or the internet. It is
anticipated that these modifications will decrease the time and effort
required by the current OMB approved FTCA application forms.
The annual estimate of burden is as follows:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total burden
Instrument respondents respondent responses response hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Free Clinics FTCA Program 200 1 200 14 2800
Application....................
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................... 200 .............. 200 .............. 2800
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of the date of
this notice to the desk officer for HRSA, either by e-mail to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-6974. Please direct all
correspondence to the ``attention of the desk officer for HRSA.''
Dated: August 16, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-21428 Filed 8-19-11; 8:45 am]
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