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sciences or in the administration of
health programs for MSAWs and their
families.
A complete nomination package
should include the following
information for each nominee:
(1) A NACMH Nomination form; (2)
three letters of reference; and (3) a
statement of prior service on the
NACMH; and (4) a biographical sketch
of the nominee or a copy of his/her
curriculum vitae. The nomination
package must also state that the
nominee is willing to serve as a member
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nomination form.
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membership of HHS federal advisory
committees is balanced in terms of
points of view represented, consistent
with the committee’s authorizing statute
and charter. Appointment to the
NACMH shall be made without
discrimination on the basis of age, race,
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socioeconomic status. The Department
encourages nominations of qualified
candidates from all groups and
locations.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) announces
plans to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR), described
below, to the Office of Management and
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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 no
later than August 9, 2016.
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:
Develop a Strategic Communication
Plan for the Bureau of Primary Health
Care (BPHC).
OMB No. 0915–xxxx—New.
Abstract: Health centers (which
include those entities funded under
Public Health Service Act section 330
and those designated as Health Center
Program Look-Alikes) deliver
comprehensive, high quality, costeffective primary health care services to
patients regardless of their ability to
pay. Health centers have become an
essential primary care provider for
America’s most vulnerable populations.
Health centers advance the health care
home model of coordinated,
comprehensive, and patient-centered
primary health care providing a wide
range of medical, dental, behavioral,
and social services. Nearly 1,400 health
centers operate more than 9,800 service
delivery sites that provide care in every
state, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the
Pacific Basin.
The Health Center Program is
administered by BPHC. BPHC provides
accurate, timely, and valuable
information to internal and external
stakeholders in order to support its
mission to improve the health of the
Nation’s underserved communities and
vulnerable populations by assuring
access to comprehensive, culturally
competent, quality primary health care
services.
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BPHC will engage with key external
stakeholder populations to collect data
that will inform the creation of a datadriven strategic communication plan
that serves BPHC’s stakeholders and
facilitates clear, timely, and wellcoordinated communication. This
comprehensive strategic plan will
identify communication priorities for
BPHC, leading to a more efficient and
effective communication operations
with a focus on establishing BPHC’s
capacity for leading external affairs
activities.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: Data collected from Health
Center Program stakeholders are critical
to the development of a communication
plan and will be used to identify
audiences and their preferences for
communication; develop effective key
messages regarding the Health Center
Program grant and non-grant processes;
increase health centers’ and the public’s
understanding of the program
requirements; develop BPHC
communication goals, strategies, and
tactics; and develop meaningful metrics
for communication process
improvement. This systematic
exploration will inform the
development of cost-efficient and
effective business processes that will
centralize and streamline external
communication within BPHC.
Likely Respondents: Health Center
Program grantees and Look-Alikes,
entities with national cooperative
agreements, and state and regional
primary care associations.
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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Number of
respondents
Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total burden
hours
Online Surveys .....................................................................
Focus Groups ......................................................................
One-on-One Interviews ........................................................
200
80
50
1
1
2
200
80
100
.2
1.5
.75
40
120
75
Total ..............................................................................
330
........................
380
........................
235
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.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation of Nominations for
Appointment to the Advisory
Committee on Minority Health
Office of Minority Health,
Office of the Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300u–6, Section 1707
of the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
The Advisory Committee is governed by
provisions of Public Law 92–463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets
forth standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
The Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Office of
Minority Health (OMH), is seeking
nominations of qualified candidates to
be considered for appointment as a
member of the Advisory Committee on
Minority Health (hereafter referred to as
the ‘‘Committee or ACMH’’). In
accordance with Public Law 105–392,
the Committee provides advice to the
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority
Health on improving the health of racial
and ethnic minority groups, and on the
development of goals and specific
program activities of OMH designed to
improve the health status and outcomes
of racial and ethnic minorities.
Nominations of qualified candidates are
being sought to fill vacancies on the
Committee.
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Nominations for membership on
the Committee must be received no later
than 5:00 p.m. EST on September 8,
2016, at the address listed below.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be
mailed to Dr. Minh Wendt, Designated
Federal Officer, Advisory Committee on
Minority Health, Office of Minority
Health, Department of Health and
Human Services, 1101 Wootton
Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, MD
20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Minh Wendt, Designated Federal
Officer, Advisory Committee on
Minority Health, Office of Minority
Health, Department of Health and
Human Services, Tower Building, 1101
Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. Phone: 240–453–8222;
fax: 240–453–8223.
A copy of the ACMH charter and list
of the current membership can be
obtained by contacting Dr. Wendt or by
accessing the Web site managed by
OMH at www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov.
Information about ACMH activities can
be found on the OMH Web site under
the heading About OMH.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Public Law 105–392, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services established
the ACMH. The Committee provides
advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Minority Health in carrying out the
duties stipulated under Public Law 105–
392. This includes providing advice on
improving the health of racial and
ethnic minority populations and in the
development of goals and specific
program activities of OMH, which are
to:
(1) Establish short-range and longrange goals and objectives and
coordinate all other activities within the
Public Health Service that relate to
disease prevention, health promotion,
service delivery, and research impacting
racial and ethnic minority populations;
(2) Enter into interagency agreements
with other agencies of the Public Health
Service;
(3) Support research, demonstrations,
and evaluations to test new and
innovative models;
(4) Increase knowledge and
understanding of health risk factors;
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(5) Develop mechanisms that support
better information dissemination,
education, prevention, and service
delivery to individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds, including
individuals who are members of racial
or ethnic minority groups;
(6) Ensure that the National Center for
Health Statistics collects data on the
health status of each minority group;
(7) Enter into contracts with public
and non-profit private providers of
primary health services for the purpose
of increasing the access of individuals
who lack proficiency in speaking the
English language by developing and
carrying out programs to provide
bilingual or interpretive services;
(8) Support a national minority health
resource center which provides
resources to the public such as
information services and assistance in
capacity building;
(9) Carry out programs to improve
access to health care services for
individuals with limited proficiency in
speaking the English language; and
(10) Advise in matters related to the
development, implementation, and
evaluation of health professions
education in decreasing disparities in
health care outcomes, including cultural
competency as a method of eliminating
health disparities.
Management and support services for
the ACMH are provided by OMH.
Nominations: The Committee is
composed of 12 voting members. The
Committee composition also can
include non-voting ex officio members.
This announcement is seeking
nominations for voting members. Voting
members of the Committee are
appointed by the Secretary from
individuals who are not officers or
employees of the federal government
and who have expertise regarding issues
of minority health. To qualify for
consideration of appointment to the
Committee, an individual must possess
demonstrated experience and expertise
working on issues impacting the health
of racial and ethnic minority
populations. The Committee charter
stipulates that the racial and ethnic
minority groups shall be equally
represented on the Committee
membership. ACMH is comprised of
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), the Health Resources and Services
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
no later than August 9, 2016.
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: Develop a Strategic
Communication Plan for the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC).
OMB No. 0915-xxxx--New.
Abstract: Health centers (which include those entities funded under
Public Health Service Act section 330 and those designated as Health
Center Program Look-Alikes) deliver comprehensive, high quality, cost-
effective primary health care services to patients regardless of their
ability to pay. Health centers have become an essential primary care
provider for America's most vulnerable populations. Health centers
advance the health care home model of coordinated, comprehensive, and
patient-centered primary health care providing a wide range of medical,
dental, behavioral, and social services. Nearly 1,400 health centers
operate more than 9,800 service delivery sites that provide care in
every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and the Pacific Basin.
The Health Center Program is administered by BPHC. BPHC provides
accurate, timely, and valuable information to internal and external
stakeholders in order to support its mission to improve the health of
the Nation's underserved communities and vulnerable populations by
assuring access to comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary
health care services.
BPHC will engage with key external stakeholder populations to
collect data that will inform the creation of a data-driven strategic
communication plan that serves BPHC's stakeholders and facilitates
clear, timely, and well-coordinated communication. This comprehensive
strategic plan will identify communication priorities for BPHC, leading
to a more efficient and effective communication operations with a focus
on establishing BPHC's capacity for leading external affairs
activities.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Data collected from
Health Center Program stakeholders are critical to the development of a
communication plan and will be used to identify audiences and their
preferences for communication; develop effective key messages regarding
the Health Center Program grant and non-grant processes; increase
health centers' and the public's understanding of the program
requirements; develop BPHC communication goals, strategies, and
tactics; and develop meaningful metrics for communication process
improvement. This systematic exploration will inform the development of
cost-efficient and effective business processes that will centralize
and streamline external communication within BPHC.
Likely Respondents: Health Center Program grantees and Look-Alikes,
entities with national cooperative agreements, and state and regional
primary care associations.
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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Average
Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name respondents responses per responses response (in hours
respondent hours)
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Online Surveys.................. 200 1 200 .2 40
Focus Groups.................... 80 1 80 1.5 120
One-on-One Interviews........... 50 2 100 .75 75
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Total....................... 330 .............. 380 .............. 235
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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.
Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-13736 Filed 6-9-16; 8:45 am]
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