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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection: Public
Comment Request; Information
Collection Request Title: Scientific
Registry of Transplant Recipients
Information Collection Effort for
Potential Donors for Living Organ
Donation OMB No. 0906–0034 Ø
Revision
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection
projects of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 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 ICR should be
received no later than November 9,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to
paperwork@hrsa.gov.
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 Lisa Wright-Solomon, the HRSA
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at (301) 443–1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
submitting comments or requesting
information, please include the
SUMMARY:
information request collection title for
reference.
Information Collection Request Title:
Scientific Registry of Transplant
Recipients Information Collection Effort
for Potential Donors for Living Organ
Donation OMB No. 0906–0034—
Revision.
Abstract: The Scientific Registry of
Transplant Recipients (SRTR) is
administered under contract with
HRSA, an agency of HHS. HHS is
authorized to establish and maintain
mechanisms to evaluate the long-term
effects associated with living donations
(42 U.S.C. 273a) and is required to
submit to Congress an annual report on
the long-term health effects of living
donation (42 U.S.C. 273b). In 2018, the
SRTR contractor implemented a pilot
living donor registry in which
transplant programs registered all
potential living donors who provide
informed consent to participate in the
pilot registry. The SRTR’s authority to
collect information concerning potential
living organ donors is set forth in the
HHS organ procurement and
transplantation network regulation, 42
CFR part 121, requiring organ
procurement organizations and
transplant hospitals to submit to the
SRTR, as appropriate, information
regarding ‘‘donors of organs’’ and ‘‘other
information that the Secretary deems
appropriate’’ (42 CFR 121.11(b)(2)).
In 2018, an updated version of the
data collection instrument was
approved. The data collection
modifications improve the quality of the
data and reduce the administrative
burden for respondents.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The transplant programs
submit health information collected at
the time of donation evaluation through
a secure web-based data collection tool
developed by the contractor. The SRTR
contractor maintains contact with
registry participants and collects data on
long-term health outcomes through
surveys. The data collection includes
outcomes of evaluation, including
reasons for non-donation. The living
donor registry is an ongoing effort, and
the goal is to continue to collect data on
living organ donor transplant programs
in the United States over time.
Monitoring and reporting of long-term
health outcomes of living organ donors
post-donation will continue to provide
useful information to transplant
programs in their future donor selection
process and aid potential living organ
donors in their decision to pursue living
donation.
There were minor revisions to the
burden per response as it has decreased
from the current amount due to
improvements to the efficiency of the
processes used by programs for data
submission, as well as the tools
provided for program use by SRTR
Likely Respondents: Potential living
donors, transplant programs, medical
and scientific organizations, and public
organizations.
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
Average
number of
responses per
respondent
a 16
Potential Living Donor Registration form .............................
Potential Living Donor Follow-up form ................................
Reasons Did not Donate form (liver or kidney) ...................
b 754
Total ..............................................................................
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden per
response
(in hours)
Total Burden
Hours
a 16
112
1
106
1,792
754
1,696
.27
.50
.23
484
377
390
786
........................
4,245
........................
1,251
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a Number
of respondents is based on the current number of transplant programs and is likely to increase as additional programs decide to participate.
b Number of living organ donor candidates submitting follow-up forms in 2019.
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
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information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
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or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
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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; Information Collection
Request Title: Substance Use Disorder
Treatment and Recovery Loan
Repayment Program, OMB No. 0906–
xxxx—New
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
HRSA 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. OMB may act on
HRSA’s ICR only after the 30 day
comment period for this notice has
closed.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this ICR should be
received no later than October 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the clearance requests
submitted to OMB for review, email Lisa
Wright-Solomon, the HRSA Information
Collection Clearance Officer at
paperwork@hrsa.gov or call (301) 443–
1984.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request Title:
Substance Use Disorder Treatment and
Recovery Loan Repayment Program
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DATES:
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Abstract: The Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020 included no
less than $12,000,000 for HRSA to
establish the Loan Repayment Program
for Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Workforce. This funding will allow
HRSA to provide the repayment of
education loans for individuals working
in either a full-time substance use
disorder treatment job that involves
direct patient care in a Health
Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)
designated for Mental Health or a
county where the average drug overdose
death rate exceeds the national average.
Eligible disciplines include but are
not limited to behavioral health
paraprofessionals, occupational
therapists and counselors. Eligible
treatment facilities include but are not
limited to inpatient psychiatric
facilities, recovery centers, detox
facilities, emergency department and
local community jails and detention
centers. The Department of Health and
Human Services agrees to repay the
qualifying educational loans up to
$250,000.00 in return for six years of
service obligation. The forms utilized by
the Substance Use Disorder Treatment
and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment
Program (LRP) include the following:
the STAR LRP Application, the
Authorization for Disclosure of Loan
Information form, the Privacy Act
Release Authorization form, the
Employment Verification form, and the
Site Application form, if applicable. The
aforementioned forms collect
information that is needed for selecting
participants and repaying qualifying
educational loans.
Eligible facilities for the STAR LRP
are facilities that provide in-patient and
outpatient, ambulatory, primary and
mental/behavioral health care services
to populations residing in a mental
health HPSA or a county where the
average drug overdose death rate
exceeds the national average. The
facilities that may provide related inpatient services may include, but are not
limited to Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services-approved Critical
Access Hospitals, American Indian
Health Facilities (Indian Health Service
Facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health
Programs, and Urban Indian Health
Programs), inpatient rehabilitation
centers and psychiatric facilities. HRSA
will recruit facilities for approval. New
facilities must submit an application for
review and approval. The application
requests will contain supporting
information on the clinical service site,
recruitment contact and services
provided. Assistance in completing this
application may be obtained through the
appropriate HRSA personnel. HRSA
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will use the information collected on
the applications to determine eligibility
of the facility for the assignment of
health professionals and to verify the
need for clinicians.
Note: Despite the similarity in the titles,
the STAR LRP is not the existing NHSC
Substance Use Disorder LRP (OMB #0915–
0127), which is authorized under Title III of
the Public Health Service Act. The STAR
LRP is a newly authorized Title VII program
that has different service requirements, loan
repayment protocols, and authorized
employment facilities.
A 60-day notice published in the
Federal Register on June 4, 2020, vol.
85, No. 108; pp. 34454–34456. There
were no public comments.
Need and Proposed Use of the
Information: The need and purpose of
this information collection is to obtain
information that is used to assess a
STAR LRP applicant’s eligibility and
qualifications for the program, and to
obtain information for eligible site
applicants. Clinicians interested in
participating in the STAR LRP must
submit an application to the program in
order to participate, and health care
facilities located in a high overdose rate
or Mental Health HPSAs must submit a
Site Application to determine the
eligibility of sites to participate in the
STAR LRP. The STAR LRP application
asks for personal, professional and
financial information needed to
determine the applicant’s eligibility to
participate in the STAR LRP. In
addition, applicants must provide
information regarding the loans for
which repayment is being requested.
Likely Respondents: Likely
respondents include: licensed primary
care medical, mental and behavioral
health providers, and other
paraprofessionals who are employed or
seeking employment, and are interested
in serving underserved populations;
health care facilities interested in
participating in the STAR LRP, and
becoming an approved service site;
STAR LRP sites providing behavioral
health care services directly, or through
a formal affiliation with a
comprehensive community-based
primary behavioral health setting,
facility providing comprehensive
behavioral health services, or various
substance abuse treatment facility subtypes.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Public Comment Request; Information Collection Request Title:
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Information Collection
Effort for Potential Donors for Living Organ Donation OMB No. 0906-0034
- Revision
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 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 ICR should be received no later than November
9, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected].
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 [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, 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: Scientific Registry of
Transplant Recipients Information Collection Effort for Potential
Donors for Living Organ Donation OMB No. 0906-0034--Revision.
Abstract: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)
is administered under contract with HRSA, an agency of HHS. HHS is
authorized to establish and maintain mechanisms to evaluate the long-
term effects associated with living donations (42 U.S.C. 273a) and is
required to submit to Congress an annual report on the long-term health
effects of living donation (42 U.S.C. 273b). In 2018, the SRTR
contractor implemented a pilot living donor registry in which
transplant programs registered all potential living donors who provide
informed consent to participate in the pilot registry. The SRTR's
authority to collect information concerning potential living organ
donors is set forth in the HHS organ procurement and transplantation
network regulation, 42 CFR part 121, requiring organ procurement
organizations and transplant hospitals to submit to the SRTR, as
appropriate, information regarding ``donors of organs'' and ``other
information that the Secretary deems appropriate'' (42 CFR
121.11(b)(2)).
In 2018, an updated version of the data collection instrument was
approved. The data collection modifications improve the quality of the
data and reduce the administrative burden for respondents.
Need and Proposed Use of the Information: The transplant programs
submit health information collected at the time of donation evaluation
through a secure web-based data collection tool developed by the
contractor. The SRTR contractor maintains contact with registry
participants and collects data on long-term health outcomes through
surveys. The data collection includes outcomes of evaluation, including
reasons for non-donation. The living donor registry is an ongoing
effort, and the goal is to continue to collect data on living organ
donor transplant programs in the United States over time. Monitoring
and reporting of long-term health outcomes of living organ donors post-
donation will continue to provide useful information to transplant
programs in their future donor selection process and aid potential
living organ donors in their decision to pursue living donation.
There were minor revisions to the burden per response as it has
decreased from the current amount due to improvements to the efficiency
of the processes used by programs for data submission, as well as the
tools provided for program use by SRTR
Likely Respondents: Potential living donors, transplant programs,
medical and scientific organizations, and public organizations.
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 Average
Number of number of Total number burden per Total Burden
Form name respondents responses per of responses response (in Hours
respondent hours)
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Potential Living Donor \a\ 16 112 1,792 .27 484
Registration form..............
Potential Living Donor Follow-up \b\ 754 1 754 .50 377
form...........................
Reasons Did not Donate form \a\ 16 106 1,696 .23 390
(liver or kidney)..............
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Total....................... 786 .............. 4,245 .............. 1,251
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\a\ Number of respondents is based on the current number of transplant programs and is likely to increase as
additional programs decide to participate.
\b\ Number of living organ donor candidates submitting follow-up forms in 2019.
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
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or other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-19777 Filed 9-4-20; 8:45 am]
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