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request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Survey of Eligible Users of the National
Practitioner Data Bank.
OMB No. 0915-xxxx—New.
Abstract: The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) plans
to conduct a survey of eligible users of
the National Practitioner Data Bank
(NPDB). The respondent universe is
comprised of both users and non-users
that are eligible to report to the NPDB,
query the NPDB, or both, between
January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2012.
The survey aims to assess the overall
satisfaction of NPDB users with regard
to reporting and querying processes.
Additionally, the survey will evaluate
the effectiveness of the NPDB as an
information source and measure user
perception of the utility of NPDB
information when hiring, licensing,
credentialing, and monitoring health
care practitioners. The survey will also
collect information from eligible nonusers of the NPDB to assess what can be
done to motivate eligible non-users to
register, access, and use the information
available in the NPDB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The survey will be administered to
three populations of interest: Eligible
users, eligible non-users, and selfqueriers. First, eligible users of the
NPDB include entities who queried the
NPDB, reported to the NPDB, or both,
during the defined time frame. Entities
that used an authorized agent to fulfill
their reporting or querying requirements
will be considered eligible users.
Second, eligible non-users of the NPDB
are those that: (i) Never registered with
the NPDB; (ii) registered prior to 2010
and were not currently registered during
the survey time frame; and (iii) were
registered but not using the NPDB
directly or through an authorized agent.
Third, those that self-query the NPDB
include health care practitioners that
submitted a query during the specified
time frame to either verify their own
status or to provide a copy of the results
to a third party. The majority of selfqueriers are health care practitioners;
however, this population can include
medical service providers and medical
suppliers.
Eligible NPDB users and eligible nonusers who were previously registered or
were currently registered but not using
the NPDB will be asked to complete a
web-based survey. Eligible non-users
that were never registered with the
NPDB will be contacted via telephone to
obtain email information so that they
will be able to complete a web-based
survey. The survey will collect
additional information from users that
receive a matched response. A matched
response occurs when an eligible user
queries the NPDB and, in turn, receives
a response that the subject of the query
has a report in the NPDB. This survey
is a follow-up to the NPDB users and
non-users survey of 2008. Data gathered
from the survey will be compared with
previous surveys results. This survey
will provide HRSA with the information
necessary to improve the usability and
effectiveness of the NPDB.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
(hours)
Respondents type
Respondents description
NPDB Users ........................
Reporters Queriers (nonmatched responses).
Queriers (matched responses).
Ever registered ...................
Never-registered .................
Non-matched responses ....
Matched ..............................
11,832
1
11,832
.333
3,940
1,768
1
1,768
.383
677
1,200
400
1,080
120
1
1
1
1
1,200
400
1,080
120
.133
.10
.10
.216
160
40
108
26
.............................................
16,400
........................
16,400
........................
4,951
Non-Users ...........................
NPDB Self Queriers ............
Total .............................
Dated: July 3, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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Administration
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Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
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In compliance with Section
3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review
of this ICR will be provided to OMB.
OMB will accept further comments from
the public during the review and
approval period.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this ICR should be
received within 30 days of this notice.
DATES:
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Submit your comments,
including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for
HRSA, either by email to
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by
fax to 202–395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email the
HRSA Information Collection Clearance
Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call
(301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part A
Minority AIDS Initiative Report (the
Part A MAI Report).
OMB No. 0915–0304—Extension.
Abstract: HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau
administers the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Part A Program authorized under Title
XXVI of the Public Health Service (PHS)
Act (Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program).
Part A provides emergency relief for
areas with substantial need for HIV/
AIDS care and support services that are
most severely affected by the HIV/AIDS
epidemic, including eligible
metropolitan areas (EMAs) and
transitional grant areas (TGAs). As a
component of Part A, the purpose of the
MAI funding is to improve access to
high quality HIV care, services, and
outcomes for individuals in
disproportionately impacted
communities of color who are living
with HIV disease, including African
Americans, Latinos, Native Americans,
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians,
and Pacific Islanders (Section
2693(b)(2)(A) of the PHS Act). Since the
purpose of the Part A MAI is to expand
access to medical, health, and social
support services for disproportionately
impacted racial/ethnic minority
populations living with HIV/AIDS, it is
important that HRSA is able to report on
minorities served by the Part A MAI.
The Part A MAI Report is a data
collection instrument in which grantees
ADDRESSES:
report on the number and characteristics
of clients served and services provided.
The Part A MAI Report, first approved
for use in March 2006, is designed to
collect performance data from Part A
grantees. The report has two parts: (1) A
web-based data entry application that
collects standardized quantitative and
qualitative information and (2) an
accompanying narrative report. Grantees
submit two Part A MAI Reports
annually: The Part A MAI Plan (Plan)
and the Part A MAI Year-End Annual
Report (Annual Report). The Plan and
Annual Report components of the report
are linked to minimize the reporting
burden and include drop-down menu
responses; fields for reporting budget,
expenditure, and aggregated client level
data; and open-ended responses for
describing client or service-level
outcomes. Together, the Plan and
Annual Report components collect
information from grantees on MAIfunded services, expenditure patterns,
the number and demographics of clients
served, and client-level outcomes.
The MAI Plan Narrative that
accompanies the Plan web forms
provides: (1) An explanation of the data
submitted in the Plan web forms; (2) a
summary of the Plan, including the Plan
and timeline for disbursing funds,
monitoring service delivery, and
implementing any service-related
capacity development or technical
assistance activities; and (3) the Plan
and timeline for documenting clientlevel outcome measures. In addition, if
the EMA/TGA revised any planned
services, allocation amounts, or target
communities after their grant
application was submitted, the changes
must be highlighted and explained. The
accompanying MAI Annual Report
Narrative describes: (1) Progress towards
achieving specific goals and objectives
identified in the grantee’s approved
MAI Plan for that fiscal year and in
linking MAI services/activities to Part A
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and other Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program services; (2) achievements in
relation to client-level health outcomes;
(3) summary of challenges or barriers at
the provider or grantee levels, the
strategies and/or action steps
implemented to address them, and
lessons learned; and (4) discussion of
MAI technical assistance needs
identified by the EMA/TGA.
This information is needed to monitor
and assess: (1) Changes in the type and
amount of HIV/AIDS health care and
related services being provided to each
disproportionately impacted community
of color; (2) the aggregate number of
persons receiving HIV/AIDS services
within each racial and ethnic
community; and (3) the impact of Part
A MAI-funded services in terms of
client-level and service-level health
outcomes. This information also is used
to plan new technical assistance and
capacity development activities, and
influence the HRSA policy and program
management functions. The data
provided to HRSA does not contain
individual or personally identifiable
information. No changes have been
made to the Part A MAI Report.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Part A MAI Report ...............................................................
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Dated: July 3, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Notice of Availability of Policy
Document
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Final Agency Guidance and
Opportunity for Public Comments on
Draft Section.
AGENCY:
HRSA is publishing Agency
Guidance (‘‘Policy Information Notice’’
(PIN) 2013–01) to provide clarification
on the budgeting and accounting
requirements for federally-funded
health centers and Look-Alikes. The
PIN, ‘‘Health Center Budgeting and
Accounting Requirements’’ is available
on the Internet at https://bphc.hrsa.gov/
policiesregulations/policies/
pin201301.html.
Background: HHS’ Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA)
provides grants to eligible health centers
under section 330 of the Public Health
Service Act to support the delivery of
preventive and primary care services to
medically underserved communities
and vulnerable populations. In 2012,
grants helped fund more than 1,200
health center grantees that provided
services at nearly 9,000 health care
delivery sites and served more than 21
million people. There are also over 100
Look-Alikes. Look-Alikes, as described
in section 1861(aa)(4) and section
1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act,
do not receive federal funding under
section 330 of the PHS Act; however, to
receive the Look-Alike designation and
benefits, Look-Alikes must meet the
statutory, regulatory, and policy
requirements for health centers
programs under section 330.
Under 45 CFR Part 74, a key
requirement of the Health Center
Program is for a health center to
establish a budget that reflects the cost
of operations, expenses, and revenues
necessary to accomplish the service
delivery plan. All section 330-funded
health centers and Look-Alikes must
prepare a budget that meets these
requirements. The purpose of this PIN is
to provide clarification regarding
budgeting and accounting requirements
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for health centers to ensure
transparency and accountability.
In addition to making the final PIN
available on HRSA’s Web site, HRSA is
also making available a section of this
PIN for public comment. HRSA will
review and analyze all comments on
this section and issue final PIN. When
finalized, this section of the PIN will
supersede all other previous Health
Center Program guidance and policy
issued on this program requirement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions regarding this notice, please
contact the Office of Policy and Program
Development, Bureau of Primary Health
Care, HRSA, at
OPPDBudgetPIN@hrsa.gov.
Dated: July 2, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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National Advisory Council on Migrant
Health; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given
of the following meeting:
Name: National Advisory Council on
Migrant Health.
Dates and Times: August 19, 2013, 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. August 20, 2013, 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.
Place: Health Resources and Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room
14–72, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone: 301–594–0367, Fax: 301–443–
9477.
Status: The meeting will be open to the
public.
Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss services and issues related to the
health of migrant and seasonal agricultural
workers and their families and to formulate
recommendations for the Secretary of Health
and Human Services.
Agenda: The agenda includes an overview
of the Council’s general business activities.
The Council will also hear presentations
from experts on agricultural worker issues,
including the status of agricultural worker
health at the local and national levels.
In addition, the council will be holding a
public hearing at which migrant agricultural
workers will have the opportunity to testify
before the Council regarding matters that
affect the health of migrant agricultural
workers. The hearing is scheduled for
Monday, August 19, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m., at the Health Resources and Services
Administration.
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Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information
Coordination.
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priorities indicate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT: Gladys Cate, Office of National
Assistance and Special Populations, Bureau
of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 6–41, Maryland 20857; telephone (301)
594–0367.
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Vaccines; Request for Nominations for
Voting Members
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill three
vacancies on the Advisory Commission
on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV). The
ACCV was established by Title XXI of
the Public Health Service Act (the Act),
as enacted by Public Law (Pub. L.) 99–
660 and as subsequently amended, and
advises the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (the Secretary) on
issues related to implementation of the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program (VICP).
DATES: The agency must receive
nominations on or before August 9,
2013.
ADDRESSES: All nominations are to be
submitted to the Director, Division of
Vaccine Injury Compensation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB),
HRSA, Parklawn Building, Room 11C–
26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Annie Herzog, Principal Staff Liaison,
Division of Vaccine Injury
Compensation, HSB, HRSA, at (301)
443–6634 or email: aherzog@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
authorities that established the ACCV,
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of
October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 92–463) and
section 2119 of the Act, 42 U.S.C.
300aa–19, as added by Public Law 99–
660 and amended, HRSA is requesting
nominations for three voting members
of the ACCV.
SUMMARY:
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments
submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided
to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the
review and approval period.
DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received within 30 days of this
notice.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, including the Information Collection
Request Title, to the desk officer for HRSA, either by email to OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the clearance
requests submitted to OMB for review, email the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443-
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program,
Part A Minority AIDS Initiative Report (the Part A MAI Report).
OMB No. 0915-0304--Extension.
Abstract: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau administers the Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Part A Program authorized under Title XXVI of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program). Part A provides
emergency relief for areas with substantial need for HIV/AIDS care and
support services that are most severely affected by the HIV/AIDS
epidemic, including eligible metropolitan areas (EMAs) and transitional
grant areas (TGAs). As a component of Part A, the purpose of the MAI
funding is to improve access to high quality HIV care, services, and
outcomes for individuals in disproportionately impacted communities of
color who are living with HIV disease, including African Americans,
Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and
Pacific Islanders (Section 2693(b)(2)(A) of the PHS Act). Since the
purpose of the Part A MAI is to expand access to medical, health, and
social support services for disproportionately impacted racial/ethnic
minority populations living with HIV/AIDS, it is important that HRSA is
able to report on minorities served by the Part A MAI.
The Part A MAI Report is a data collection instrument in which
grantees report on the number and characteristics of clients served and
services provided. The Part A MAI Report, first approved for use in
March 2006, is designed to collect performance data from Part A
grantees. The report has two parts: (1) A web-based data entry
application that collects standardized quantitative and qualitative
information and (2) an accompanying narrative report. Grantees submit
two Part A MAI Reports annually: The Part A MAI Plan (Plan) and the
Part A MAI Year-End Annual Report (Annual Report). The Plan and Annual
Report components of the report are linked to minimize the reporting
burden and include drop-down menu responses; fields for reporting
budget, expenditure, and aggregated client level data; and open-ended
responses for describing client or service-level outcomes. Together,
the Plan and Annual Report components collect information from grantees
on MAI-funded services, expenditure patterns, the number and
demographics of clients served, and client-level outcomes.
The MAI Plan Narrative that accompanies the Plan web forms
provides: (1) An explanation of the data submitted in the Plan web
forms; (2) a summary of the Plan, including the Plan and timeline for
disbursing funds, monitoring service delivery, and implementing any
service-related capacity development or technical assistance
activities; and (3) the Plan and timeline for documenting client-level
outcome measures. In addition, if the EMA/TGA revised any planned
services, allocation amounts, or target communities after their grant
application was submitted, the changes must be highlighted and
explained. The accompanying MAI Annual Report Narrative describes: (1)
Progress towards achieving specific goals and objectives identified in
the grantee's approved MAI Plan for that fiscal year and in linking MAI
services/activities to Part A and other Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
services; (2) achievements in relation to client-level health outcomes;
(3) summary of challenges or barriers at the provider or grantee
levels, the strategies and/or action steps implemented to address them,
and lessons learned; and (4) discussion of MAI technical assistance
needs identified by the EMA/TGA.
This information is needed to monitor and assess: (1) Changes in
the type and amount of HIV/AIDS health care and related services being
provided to each disproportionately impacted community of color; (2)
the aggregate number of persons receiving HIV/AIDS services within each
racial and ethnic community; and (3) the impact of Part A MAI-funded
services in terms of client-level and service-level health outcomes.
This information also is used to plan new technical assistance and
capacity development activities, and influence the HRSA policy and
program management functions. The data provided to HRSA does not
contain individual or personally identifiable information. No changes
have been made to the Part A MAI Report.
Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide the
information requested. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for
this ICR are summarized in the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden--Hours
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Number of Average burden
Form name Number of responses per Total per response Total burden
respondents respondent responses (in hours) hours
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Part A MAI Report.................................................. 53 2 106 23.9 2,532.87
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Dated: July 3, 2013.
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Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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