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specific topical areas as well as
invitation to provide information on any
matter relevant to ACF’s work with and
on behalf of AI/AN populations.
HHS received feedback that the
original comment period of 60 days was
insufficient to provide for
comprehensive and responsive input,
particularly from AI/AN elected
representatives and leadership.
Therefore, HHS is extending the
comment period for an additional 60
days to maximize the opportunity for all
interested parties to collect relevant data
and submit information and feedback in
response to the RFI, including the nine
specific topical areas for which input is
sought.
Dated: February 6, 2017.
Naomi Goldstein,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and
Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Tribal Consultation Meetings
Office of Head Start (OHS),
Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Improving
Head Start for School Readiness Act of
2007, Public Law 110–134, notice is
hereby given of two 1-day Tribal
Consultation Sessions to be held
between the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Administration
for Children and Families, OHS
leadership and the leadership of Tribal
Governments operating Head Start
(including Early Head Start) programs.
The purpose of these Consultation
Sessions is to discuss ways to better
meet the needs of American Indian and
Alaska Native children and their
families, taking into consideration
funding allocations, distribution
formulas, and other issues affecting the
delivery of Head Start services in their
geographic locations [42 U.S.C. 9835,
Section 640(l)(4)].
DATES:
March 14, 2017, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
August 7, 2017, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
Locations:
• March 7, 2017—Hotel Albuquerque at
Old Town, 800 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.,
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Road, Airway Heights, WA 99001
Dated: February 6, 2017.
Ann Linehan,
Acting Director, Office of Head Start.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Angie Godfrey, Regional Program
Manager, Region XI/AIAN, Office of
Head Start, email Angie.Godfrey@
acf.hhs.gov, or phone (202) 205–5811.
Additional information and online
meeting registration is available at:
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/
calendar/tc2017.
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HHS
announces OHS Tribal Consultations for
leaders of Tribal Governments operating
Head Start and Early Head Start
programs. The agenda for the scheduled
OHS Tribal Consultations in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
Spokane, Washington, will be organized
around the statutory purposes of Head
Start Tribal Consultations related to
meeting the needs of American Indian
and Alaska Native children and
families, taking into consideration
funding allocations, distribution
formulas, and other issues affecting the
delivery of Head Start services in their
geographic locations. In addition, OHS
will share actions taken and in progress
to address the issues and concerns
raised in the 2016 OHS Tribal
Consultations.
The Consultation Sessions will be
conducted with elected or appointed
leaders of Tribal Governments and their
designated representatives [42 U.S.C.
9835, Section 640(l)(4)(A)]. Designees
must have a letter from the Tribal
Government authorizing them to
represent the tribe. Tribal Governments
must submit the designee letter at least
3 days in advance of the Consultation
Session to Angie Godfrey at
Angie.Godfrey@acf.hhs.gov. Other
representatives of tribal organizations
and Native nonprofit organizations are
welcome to attend as observers.
A detailed report of each Consultation
Session will be prepared and made
available within 45 days of the
Consultation Sessions to all Tribal
Governments receiving funds for Head
Start and Early Head Start programs.
Tribes wishing to submit written
testimony for the report should send
testimony to Angie Godfrey at
Angie.Godfrey@acf.hhs.gov either prior
to each Consultation Session or within
30 days after each meeting. OHS will
summarize oral testimony and
comments from the Consultation
Session in each report without
attribution, along with topics of concern
and recommendations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS–OS–0990–0452–
60D]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection; Public
Comment Request
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Office of
Adolescent Health, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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). 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 11, 2017.
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–0990–
0452–60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Federal Evaluation of Making Proud
Choices! (MPC!)
Abstract: The Office of Adolescent
Health (OAH), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is
requesting approval by OMB on a
revised data collection. The Federal
Evaluation of Making Proud Choices!
(MPC) will provide information about
program design, implementation, and
impacts through a rigorous assessment
of a highly popular teen pregnancy
prevention curriculum—MPC. This
revision to this information collection
request includes the follow-up survey
instrument, administered approximately
9 and 15 months post baseline, and
related to the impact study. The
SUMMARY:
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evaluation will be conducted in 39
schools nationwide. The data collected
from this instrument will provide a
detailed understanding of program
impacts. Clearance is requested for three
years.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The follow-up survey data
will be used to determine program
effectiveness by comparing sexual
behavior outcomes, such as postponing
sexual activity, and reducing or
preventing sexual risk behaviors and
STDs and intermediate outcomes, such
as improving exposure, knowledge and
attitudes between treatment (program)
and control youth.
The findings from these analyses of
program impacts will be of interest to
the general public, to policymakers, and
to schools and other organizations
interested in supporting a
comprehensive approach to teen
pregnancy prevention.
Likely Respondents: The follow-up
surveys will be administered to study
participants, who will primarily be in
10th–12th grade at the time of the
follow-up surveys.
Burden Statement: The total annual
burden hours estimated for this ICR are
summarized in the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Form name
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total
burden hours
Follow up survey (9 months post baseline) .....................................................
Follow up survey (15 months post baseline) ...................................................
819
774
1
1
30/60
30/60
409.5
387
Total ..........................................................................................................
1593
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........................
796.5
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.
Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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Office of the Secretary
Declaration Under the Public
Readiness and Emergency
Preparedness Act for Zika Virus
Vaccines
ACTION:
Notice.
The Acting Secretary is
issuing a Declaration pursuant to the
Public Health Service Act to provide
liability immunity protection for
activities related to Zika Virus vaccines
consistent with the terms of the
Declaration.
DATES: The Declaration is effective as of
August 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Korch, Ph.D., Acting Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Public Readiness and Emergency
Preparedness Act (PREP Act) authorizes
the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (the Secretary) to issue a
Declaration to provide liability
immunity to certain individuals and
entities (Covered Persons) against any
claim of loss caused by, arising out of,
relating to, or resulting from the
administration or use of medical
countermeasures (Covered
Countermeasures), except for claims
that meet the PREP Act’s definition of
willful misconduct. The Secretary may,
through publication in the Federal
Register, amend any portion of a
Declaration. Using this authority, the
Acting Secretary is issuing a Declaration
to provide liability immunity to Covered
Persons for activities related to the
Covered Countermeasures, Zika Virus
vaccines as listed in Section VI of the
Declaration, consistent with the terms of
this Declaration.
The PREP Act was enacted on
December 30, 2005, as Public Law 109–
148, Division C, Section 2. It amended
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act,
adding Section 319F–3, which
addresses liability immunity, and
Section 319F–4, which creates a
compensation program. These sections
are codified in the U.S. Code as 42
U.S.C. 247d–6d and 42 U.S.C. 247d–6e,
respectively.
The Pandemic and All-Hazards
Preparedness Reauthorization Act
(PAHPRA), Public Law 113–5, was
enacted on March 13, 2013. Among
other things, PAHPRA added sections
564A and 564B to the Federal Food,
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Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) Act to provide
new authorities for the emergency use of
approved products in emergencies and
products held for emergency use.
PAHPRA accordingly amended the
definitions of ‘‘Covered
Countermeasures’’ and ‘‘qualified
pandemic and epidemic products’’ in
Section 319F–3 of the Public Health
Service Act (PREP Act provisions), so
that products made available under
these new FD&C Act authorities could
be covered under PREP Act
Declarations. PAHPRA also extended
the definition of qualified pandemic and
epidemic products that may be covered
under a PREP Act Declaration to include
products or technologies intended to
enhance the use or effect of a drug,
biological product, or device used
against the pandemic or epidemic or
against adverse events from these
products.
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne
flavivirus that usually causes mild
symptoms, but has been determined to
cause microcephaly and other severe
brain abnormalities in fetuses and
infants born to women infected with
Zika virus before birth. Zika virus has
also been associated with other adverse
pregnancy outcomes, including
miscarriage, stillbirth, and congenital
Zika syndrome, and with Guillain-Barre
Syndrome. Beginning in 2015, Brazil
has experienced the largest outbreak of
disease caused by Zika infection since
its discovery in Uganda in 1947. On
February 1, 2016, the World Health
Organization (WHO) determined that
microcephaly cases and other
neurologic disorders reported in Brazil
constituted a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern (PHEIC) in
accordance with the International
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
[Document Identifier: HHS-OS-0990-0452-60D]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Public Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of
Adolescent Health, 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). 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 11,
2017.
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-0990-0452-
60D for reference.
Information Collection Request Title: Federal Evaluation of Making
Proud Choices! (MPC!)
Abstract: The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH), U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is requesting approval by OMB on a
revised data collection. The Federal Evaluation of Making Proud
Choices! (MPC) will provide information about program design,
implementation, and impacts through a rigorous assessment of a highly
popular teen pregnancy prevention curriculum--MPC. This revision to
this information collection request includes the follow-up survey
instrument, administered approximately 9 and 15 months post baseline,
and related to the impact study. The
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evaluation will be conducted in 39 schools nationwide. The data
collected from this instrument will provide a detailed understanding of
program impacts. Clearance is requested for three years.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The follow-up survey data
will be used to determine program effectiveness by comparing sexual
behavior outcomes, such as postponing sexual activity, and reducing or
preventing sexual risk behaviors and STDs and intermediate outcomes,
such as improving exposure, knowledge and attitudes between treatment
(program) and control youth.
The findings from these analyses of program impacts will be of
interest to the general public, to policymakers, and to schools and
other organizations interested in supporting a comprehensive approach
to teen pregnancy prevention.
Likely Respondents: The follow-up surveys will be administered to
study participants, who will primarily be in 10th-12th grade at the
time of the follow-up surveys.
Burden Statement: 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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Follow up survey (9 months post baseline)....... 819 1 30/60 409.5
Follow up survey (15 months post baseline)...... 774 1 30/60 387
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Total....................................... 1593 .............. .............. 796.5
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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.
Terry S. Clark,
Asst Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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