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V. Panel Recommendations and
Discussions
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AdvisoryPanelonClinicalDiagnostic
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VI. Copies of the Charter
The Secretary’s Charter for the
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Laboratory Tests is available on the
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DiagnosticLaboratoryTests.html or you
may obtain a copy of the charter by
submitting a request to the contact listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
VII. Collection of Information
Requirements
This document does not impose
information collection requirements,
that is, reporting, recordkeeping or
third-party disclosure requirements.
Consequently, there is no need for
review by the Office of Management and
Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: March 20, 2018.
Seema Verma,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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Title: Formative Data Collections for
ACF Research and Program Support.
OMB No.: 0970–0356.
Description: The Office of Planning,
Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), in the
Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
intends to request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to renew a generic clearance to
conduct a variety of formative data
collections with more than nine
respondents. The data collections will
inform future research and program
support but will not be highly
systematic nor intended to be
statistically representative.
ACF programs promote the economic
and social well-being of families,
children, individuals and communities.
OPRE studies ACF programs, and the
populations they serve, through rigorous
research and evaluation projects. These
include evaluations of existing
programs, evaluations of innovative
approaches to helping low income
children and families, research
syntheses and descriptive and
exploratory studies. OPRE’s research
serves to provide further understanding
of current programs and service
populations, explore options for
program improvement, and assess
alternative policy and program designs.
OPRE anticipates undertaking a variety
of new research projects related to
welfare, employment and selfsufficiency, Head Start, child care,
healthy marriage and responsible
fatherhood, family and youth services,
home visiting, child welfare, and other
areas of interest to ACF. Many ACF
program offices find a need to learn
more about funded program services to
inform internal decision-making and to
provide adequate support. Some
program offices conduct their own
research and evaluation projects.
Under this generic clearance, ACF
would engage in a variety of formative
data collections with researchers,
practitioners, TA providers, service
providers and program participants
throughout the field to fulfill the
following goals: (1) Inform the
development of ACF research, (2)
maintain a research agenda that is
rigorous and relevant, (3) ensure that
research products are as current and
responsive to audience needs as
possible and (4) inform the provision of
technical assistance. ACF envisions
using a variety of techniques including
semi-structured discussions, focus
groups, and telephone or in-person
interviews, in order to reach these goals.
Following standard OMB
requirements, OPRE will submit a
change request for each individual data
collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the
individual instrument(s), a justification
specific to the individual information
collection, and any supplementary
documents. OMB should review
requests within 10 days of submission.
Under this generic IC information will
not be collected with the primary
purpose of publication, but findings are
meant to inform ACF activities and may
be incorporated into documents or
presentations that are made public. The
following are some examples of ways in
which we may disseminate information
resulting from these data collections:
Research design documents or reports;
research or technical assistance plans;
background materials for technical
workgroups; concept maps, process
maps, or conceptual frameworks;
contextualization of research findings
from a follow-up data collection that has
full PRA approval; informational reports
to stakeholders such as funders,
grantees, local implementing agencies,
and/or TA providers. In presenting
findings, we will describe the study
methods and limitations with regard to
generalizability and as a basis for policy.
Respondents: Key stakeholder groups
involved in ACF projects and programs,
state or local government officials,
service providers, participants in ACF
programs or similar comparison groups;
experts in fields pertaining to ACF
research and programs, or others
involved in conducting ACF research or
evaluation projects.
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Estimated
total
number of
respondents
Instrument type
Questionnaires/Surveys ...................................................................................
Total Estimated Burden Hours: 5,375.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201,
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
All requests should be identified by the
title of the information collection. Email
address: OPREinfocollection@
acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Email: OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn:
Desk Officer for the Administration for
Children and Families.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program; List of Petitions Received
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
HRSA is publishing this
notice of petitions received under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program (the program), as required by
the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as
amended. While the Secretary of HHS 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
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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 Lisa L. Reyes, Clerk of
Court, 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 08N146B,
Rockville, MD 20857; (301) 443–6593,
or visit our website at: https://
www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/
index.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
program provides a system of no-fault
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 United States Court of Federal
Claims and to serve a copy of the
petition on the Secretary of HHS, 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 42 CFR
100.3. This table lists for each covered
childhood vaccine the conditions that
may lead to compensation and, for each
condition, the time period for
occurrence of the first symptom or
manifestation of onset or of significant
aggravation after vaccine
administration. Compensation may also
be awarded for conditions not listed in
the Table and for conditions that are
manifested outside the time periods
specified in the table, but only if the
petitioner shows that the condition was
caused by one of the listed vaccines.
Section 2112(b)(2) of the PHS Act, 42
U.S.C. 300aa–12(b)(2), requires that
‘‘[w]ithin 30 days after the Secretary
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receives service of any petition filed
under section 2111 the Secretary shall
publish notice of such petition in the
Federal Register.’’ Set forth below is a
list of petitions received by HRSA on
February 1, 2018, through February 28,
2018. This list provides the name of
petitioner, city and state of vaccination
(if unknown then city and state of
person or attorney filing claim), and
case number. In cases where the Court
has redacted the name of a petitioner
and/or the case number, the list reflects
such redaction.
Section 2112(b)(2) also provides that
the special master ‘‘shall afford all
interested persons an opportunity to
submit relevant, written information’’
relating to the following:
1. The existence of evidence ‘‘that
there is not a preponderance of the
evidence that the illness, disability,
injury, condition, or death described in
the petition is due to factors unrelated
to the administration of the vaccine
described in the petition,’’ and
2. Any allegation in a petition that the
petitioner either:
a. ‘‘[S]ustained, or had significantly
aggravated, any illness, disability,
injury, or condition not set forth in the
Vaccine Injury Table but which was
caused by’’ one of the vaccines referred
to in the Table, or
b. ‘‘[S]ustained, or had significantly
aggravated, any illness, disability,
injury, or condition set forth in the
Vaccine Injury Table the first symptom
or manifestation of the onset or
significant aggravation of which did not
occur within the time period set forth in
the Table but which was caused by a
vaccine’’ referred to in the Table.
In accordance with Section
2112(b)(2), all interested persons may
submit written information relevant to
the issues described above in the case of
the petitions listed below. Any person
choosing to do so should file an original
and three (3) copies of the information
with the Clerk of the United States
Court of Federal Claims at the address
listed above (under the heading FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), with a
copy to HRSA addressed to Director,
Division of Injury Compensation
Programs, Healthcare Systems Bureau,
5600 Fishers Lane, 08N146B, Rockville,
MD 20857. The Court’s caption
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Formative Data Collections for ACF Research and Program
Support.
OMB No.: 0970-0356.
Description: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
(OPRE), in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew a
generic clearance to conduct a variety of formative data collections
with more than nine respondents. The data collections will inform
future research and program support but will not be highly systematic
nor intended to be statistically representative.
ACF programs promote the economic and social well-being of
families, children, individuals and communities. OPRE studies ACF
programs, and the populations they serve, through rigorous research and
evaluation projects. These include evaluations of existing programs,
evaluations of innovative approaches to helping low income children and
families, research syntheses and descriptive and exploratory studies.
OPRE's research serves to provide further understanding of current
programs and service populations, explore options for program
improvement, and assess alternative policy and program designs. OPRE
anticipates undertaking a variety of new research projects related to
welfare, employment and self-sufficiency, Head Start, child care,
healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood, family and youth services,
home visiting, child welfare, and other areas of interest to ACF. Many
ACF program offices find a need to learn more about funded program
services to inform internal decision-making and to provide adequate
support. Some program offices conduct their own research and evaluation
projects.
Under this generic clearance, ACF would engage in a variety of
formative data collections with researchers, practitioners, TA
providers, service providers and program participants throughout the
field to fulfill the following goals: (1) Inform the development of ACF
research, (2) maintain a research agenda that is rigorous and relevant,
(3) ensure that research products are as current and responsive to
audience needs as possible and (4) inform the provision of technical
assistance. ACF envisions using a variety of techniques including semi-
structured discussions, focus groups, and telephone or in-person
interviews, in order to reach these goals.
Following standard OMB requirements, OPRE will submit a change
request for each individual data collection activity under this generic
clearance. Each request will include the individual instrument(s), a
justification specific to the individual information collection, and
any supplementary documents. OMB should review requests within 10 days
of submission.
Under this generic IC information will not be collected with the
primary purpose of publication, but findings are meant to inform ACF
activities and may be incorporated into documents or presentations that
are made public. The following are some examples of ways in which we
may disseminate information resulting from these data collections:
Research design documents or reports; research or technical assistance
plans; background materials for technical workgroups; concept maps,
process maps, or conceptual frameworks; contextualization of research
findings from a follow-up data collection that has full PRA approval;
informational reports to stakeholders such as funders, grantees, local
implementing agencies, and/or TA providers. In presenting findings, we
will describe the study methods and limitations with regard to
generalizability and as a basis for policy.
Respondents: Key stakeholder groups involved in ACF projects and
programs, state or local government officials, service providers,
participants in ACF programs or similar comparison groups; experts in
fields pertaining to ACF research and programs, or others involved in
conducting ACF research or evaluation projects.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Estimated Estimated
total number number of Average Estimated
Instrument type of responses per burden hours total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Semi-Structured Discussions, Focus Groups....... 2,000 1 2 4,000
Interviews...................................... 1,000 1 1 1,000
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Questionnaires/Surveys.......................... 750 1 .5 375
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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 5,375.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address: [email protected].
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration
for Children and Families.
Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-06446 Filed 3-29-18; 8:45 am]
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