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Administration (HRSA) announces
plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described
below, to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the
ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments
from the public regarding the burden
estimate, below, or any other aspect of
the ICR.
DATES: Comments on this Information
Collection Request must be received
within 60 days of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov or mail the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Room 10–29, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and draft
instruments, email paperwork@hrsa.gov
or call the HRSA Information Collection
Clearance Officer at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Data Collection Tool for Rural Health
Community-Based Grant Programs
OMB No.: 0915–0319—Revision
Abstract: There are currently five
rural health grant programs that operate
under the authority of section 330A of
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.
These programs include: (1) Rural
Health Care Services Outreach Grant
Program (Outreach); (2) Rural Health
Network Development Grant Program
(Network Development); (3) Small
Healthcare Provider Quality Grant
Program (Quality); (4) Delta States Rural
Development Network Grant Program
(Delta); and (5) Rural Health Network
Development Planning Grant Program
(Network Planning). These grants are to
provide expanded delivery of health
care services in rural areas, for the
planning and implementation of
integrated health care networks in rural
areas, and for the planning and
implementation of quality improvement
and workforce activities. In general, the
grants may be used to expand access,
coordinate, and improve the quality of
essential health care services and
enhance the delivery of health care in
rural areas.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: For these programs,
performance measures were drafted to
provide data useful to the programs and
to enable HRSA to provide aggregate
program data required by Congress
under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. These
measures cover the principal topic areas
of interest to ORHP, including: (a)
Access to care; (b) the underinsured and
Number of
respondents
Form name
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program
Measures ..........................................................................
Rural Health Network Development Grant Program Measures ...................................................................................
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program ..
Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant
Program ............................................................................
Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program Measures ................................................................
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Dated: February 28, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Public Comment
Request
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Administration, HHS.
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HRSA 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.
Number of
responses per
respondent
uninsured; (c) workforce recruitment
and retention; (d) sustainability; (e)
health information technology; (f)
network development; and (g) health
related clinical measures. Several
measures will be used for all six
programs. All measures will speak to
the ORHP’s progress toward meeting the
goals set.
Likely Respondents: Award recipients
of the programs under the section 330A
of the Public Health Service Act.
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 Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
Total Estimated Annualized Burden
Hours:
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 46 / Monday, March 10, 2014 / Notices
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.
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:
Initial Assessment and Evaluation of the
Public Health Training Center Programs.
SUMMARY:
OMB No.: 0915–xxxx—NEW.
Abstract: The Public Health Training
Center (PHTC) Program provides
support to help improve the public
health workforce by strengthening the
competence of the existing and future
public health workforce and addressing
public health workforce shortages.
Grantees of the PHTC Program include
accredited schools and programs of
public health and other private and nonprofit entities that are required to
provide competency-based training and
educational programs—based on the
Core Competencies for Public Health
Professionals, outlined by the Council
on Linkages between Academia and
Public Health—that support core public
health functions and the Ten Essential
Public Health Services.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The Bureau of Health
Professions (BHPr) is currently
evaluating the PHTC Program to assess
how grantees are meeting the needs of
the public health workforce, improving
the public health workforce by
strengthening the competence of the
existing and future public health
workforce, and addressing shortages of
the public health workforce. The
specific purpose of this data collection
activity is to obtain information from
individuals who participate in
continuing education courses offered by
PHTC grantees in order to gauge and
monitor changes in participants’
knowledge about public health related
issues.
Likely Respondents: Participants of
continuing education courses offered by
PHTC grantees.
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
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
CE Survey Form ..................................................................
1,569
1
1,569
.16
251
Total ..............................................................................
1,569
1
1,569
.16
251
Dated: February 26, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014–05145 Filed 3–7–14; 8:45 am]
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HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
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National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program; List of Petitions Received
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
publishing this notice of petitions
received under the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program (the
SUMMARY:
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Program), as required by Section
2112(b)(2) of the Public Health Service
(PHS) Act, as amended. While the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
is named as the respondent in all
proceedings brought by the filing of
petitions for compensation under the
Program, the United States Court of
Federal Claims is charged by statute
with responsibility for considering and
acting upon the petitions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information about requirements for
filing petitions, and the Program in
general, contact the Clerk, United States
Court of Federal Claims, 717 Madison
Place NW., Washington, DC 20005,
(202) 357–6400. For information on
HRSA’s role in the Program, contact the
Director, National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 11C–26, Rockville, MD
20857; (301) 443–6593.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Program provides a system of no-fault
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compensation for certain individuals
who have been injured by specified
childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of Title
XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa–
10 et seq., provides that those seeking
compensation are to file a petition with
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and to
serve a copy of the petition on the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services, who is named as the
respondent in each proceeding. The
Secretary has delegated this
responsibility under the Program to
HRSA. The Court is directed by statute
to appoint special masters who take
evidence, conduct hearings as
appropriate, and make initial decisions
as to eligibility for, and amount of,
compensation.
A petition may be filed with respect
to injuries, disabilities, illnesses,
conditions, and deaths resulting from
vaccines described in the Vaccine Injury
Table (the Table) set forth at Section
2114 of the PHS Act or as set forth at
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
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.
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: Initial Assessment and
Evaluation of the Public Health Training Center Programs.
OMB No.: 0915-xxxx--NEW.
Abstract: The Public Health Training Center (PHTC) Program provides
support to help improve the public health workforce by strengthening
the competence of the existing and future public health workforce and
addressing public health workforce shortages. Grantees of the PHTC
Program include accredited schools and programs of public health and
other private and non-profit entities that are required to provide
competency-based training and educational programs--based on the Core
Competencies for Public Health Professionals, outlined by the Council
on Linkages between Academia and Public Health--that support core
public health functions and the Ten Essential Public Health Services.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The Bureau of Health
Professions (BHPr) is currently evaluating the PHTC Program to assess
how grantees are meeting the needs of the public health workforce,
improving the public health workforce by strengthening the competence
of the existing and future public health workforce, and addressing
shortages of the public health workforce. The specific purpose of this
data collection activity is to obtain information from individuals who
participate in continuing education courses offered by PHTC grantees in
order to gauge and monitor changes in participants' knowledge about
public health related issues.
Likely Respondents: Participants of continuing education courses
offered by PHTC grantees.
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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CE Survey Form.................. 1,569 1 1,569 .16 251
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Total....................... 1,569 1 1,569 .16 251
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Dated: February 26, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-05145 Filed 3-7-14; 8:45 am]
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