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Carolyn Austin-Diggs,
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Office of Asset and Transportation
Management, Office of Government-wide
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–21431–60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit an Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). The ICR is for reinstatement of
a previously-approved information
collection assigned OMB control
number 0990–0313, which expired on
October 31, 2013. Prior to submitting
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that ICR to OMB, OS seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden
estimate, below, or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before April 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS–OS–21431–
60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
National Blood Collection and
Utilization Survey.
Abstract: The National Blood
Collection & Utilization Survey
(NBCUS) is a biennial survey of the
blood collection and utilization
community (industry) to produce
reliable and accurate estimates of
national and regional collections,
utilization, safety, and availability of all
blood products, some cellular
therapeutic products, as well as
information on bacterial testing and
human tissue transplantation that are of
interest to the transfusion medicine
community. The 2013 NBCUS shall be
funded by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) and
performed by (contactor, to be
determined). In previous years, the
NBCUS program was performed under
the auspices of the National Blood Data
Resource Center (NBDRC), a private
subsidiary of AABB (formerly known as
the American Association of Blood
Banks), with private funding.
The survey includes a core of
standard questions on blood collection,
processing, and utilization practices to
allow for comparison with data from
previous surveys; additionally,
questions to specifically address
emerging and developing issues and
technologies in blood collection and
utilization are included. Biovigilance
remains a key theme for the 2013
survey, as continued from the 2007,
2009, and 2011 iterations. To that end,
questions on transfusion transmitted
infections, transfusion associated
circulatory overload, acute hemolysis,
delayed hemolysis, and severe allergic
reactions are included in the survey.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Under the authority of
Section 301 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C.241), as identified in the
1997 HHS Blood Action Plan, and twice
in the Advisory Committee on Blood &
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Tissue Safety & Availability’s (ACBTSA)
recommendations to the Secretary, there
is a need to provide national policy
makers with current supply and
demand data.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will
include approximately 3,000
institutions that include U.S. blood
collection and processing facilities,
hospital-based transfusion blood banks,
and cord blood banks. Participating
institutions will be selected from the
American Hospital Association (AHA)
annual survey database and AABB
member list of blood collection
facilities.
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
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey ............................................
3,000
1
1
3,000
Total ..........................................................................................................
3,000
1
1
3,000
OS specifically requests comments on
(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 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.
Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–21435–60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
HHS, Office of the Secretary.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Secretary (OS), Department of Health
and Human Services, announces plans
to submit a new Information Collection
Request (ICR), described below, to the
Office of Management and Budget
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(OMB). Prior to submitting that ICR to
OMB, OS seeks comments from the
public regarding the burden estimate,
below, or any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be
received on or before April 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690–6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information Collection Clearance staff,
Information.CollectionClearance@
hhs.gov or (202) 690–6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
document identifier HHS OS–21435–
60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
HIPAA Covered Entity and Business
Associate Pre-Audit Survey.
Abstract: This information collection
consists of a survey of up to 1200 Health
Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
covered entities (health plans, health
care clearinghouses, and certain health
care providers) and business associates
(entities that provider certain services to
a HIPAA covered entity) to determine
suitability for the Office for Civil Rights
(OCR) HIPAA Audit Program. The
survey will gather information about
respondents to enable OCR to assess the
size, complexity, and fitness of a
respondent for an audit. Information
collected includes, among other things,
recent data about the number of patient
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visits or insured lives, use of electronic
information, revenue, and business
locations.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The Office for Civil Rights
(OCR) is mandated to conduct periodic
audits to assess the compliance of
covered entities and business associates
with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and
Breach Notification Rules. This
information collection will enable OCR
to assess the suitability of respondent
covered entities and business associates
for audits.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will
include both HIPAA covered entities
and business associates.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-21431-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of
Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). The ICR is for reinstatement of a previously-approved
information collection assigned OMB control number 0990-0313, which
expired on October 31, 2013. Prior to submitting that ICR to OMB, OS
seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or
any other aspect of the ICR.
DATES: Comments on the ICR must be received on or before April 25,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or by calling (202) 690-6162.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information Collection Clearance
staff, Information.CollectionClearance@hhs.gov or (202) 690-6162.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the document identifier HHS-OS-21431-60D
for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: National Blood Collection and
Utilization Survey.
Abstract: The National Blood Collection & Utilization Survey
(NBCUS) is a biennial survey of the blood collection and utilization
community (industry) to produce reliable and accurate estimates of
national and regional collections, utilization, safety, and
availability of all blood products, some cellular therapeutic products,
as well as information on bacterial testing and human tissue
transplantation that are of interest to the transfusion medicine
community. The 2013 NBCUS shall be funded by the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) and performed by (contactor, to be
determined). In previous years, the NBCUS program was performed under
the auspices of the National Blood Data Resource Center (NBDRC), a
private subsidiary of AABB (formerly known as the American Association
of Blood Banks), with private funding.
The survey includes a core of standard questions on blood
collection, processing, and utilization practices to allow for
comparison with data from previous surveys; additionally, questions to
specifically address emerging and developing issues and technologies in
blood collection and utilization are included. Biovigilance remains a
key theme for the 2013 survey, as continued from the 2007, 2009, and
2011 iterations. To that end, questions on transfusion transmitted
infections, transfusion associated circulatory overload, acute
hemolysis, delayed hemolysis, and severe allergic reactions are
included in the survey.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Under the authority of
Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.241), as
identified in the 1997 HHS Blood Action Plan, and twice in the Advisory
Committee on Blood &
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Tissue Safety & Availability's (ACBTSA) recommendations to the
Secretary, there is a need to provide national policy makers with
current supply and demand data.
Likely Respondents: Respondents will include approximately 3,000
institutions that include U.S. blood collection and processing
facilities, hospital-based transfusion blood banks, and cord blood
banks. Participating institutions will be selected from the American
Hospital Association (AHA) annual survey database and AABB member list
of blood collection facilities.
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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Average
Number of Number of burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per response (in hours
respondent hours)
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National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey 3,000 1 1 3,000
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Total....................................... 3,000 1 1 3,000
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OS specifically requests comments on (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 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.
Darius Taylor,
Deputy, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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