Indian Health Service October 11, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Indian Health Service (IHS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. As required by section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Act, the proposed information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The IHS received no comments in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice (70 FR 44663) published on August 3, 2005. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment to be submitted directly to OMB. Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0026, ``Final Rule to Implement Title V of the Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000''. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension, without revision, of currently approved information collection, 0917-0026, ``Final Rule to Implement Title V of the Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000''. Form Number: None. Forms: None. Need and Use of Information Collection: The ``Tribal Self-Governance Amendments of 2000'', Public Law 106-206 (the act), repeals Title III of the Indian Self-Determination Act, Public Law 93-638, as amended, (ISDA) and enacts Title V that established a permanent Self-Governance program within DHHS. Thus Indian and Alaska Native Tribes are now able to compact for the operation, control, and redesign of various IHS activities on a permanent basis. The final rule has been negotiated among representatives of Self-Governance and non-Self-Governance Tribes and the DHHS. The final rule included provision governing how DHHS/IHS carries out its responsibility to Indian Tribes under the Act and how Indian Tribes carry out their responsibilities under the Act. As required by section 517(b) of the Act, the Department has developed this final rule with active Tribal participation of Indian Tribes, inter-Tribal consortia, Tribal organizations and individual Tribal members, using the guidance of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561 et seq. Health status reporting requirements will be negotiated on an individual Tribal basis and included in individual compacts of funding agreements. Response to the data collection continues to be voluntary; however, submission of the data is essential to participation in the Tribal Self-Governance process. Self-Governance Tribes have the option of participating in the Tribal Self-Governance process. Self-Governance Tribes have the option of participating in a voluntary national uniform data collection effort with the IHS. The department is seeking continued OMB approval of the collection of information identified in the following sections of the regulations: Subpart C-Selection of Tribes for Participation in Self-Governance, Subpart D and E-Compact and Funding Agreement, Subpart N-Construction Projects, and Subpart P-Appeals. Affected Public: Individual Tribes. Type of Respondents: Tribal Representatives. The table below provides the estimated burden hours for this information collection: