[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 53787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27429]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. To request more information on the proposed
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft
instruments, call the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-1129.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Projects
1. Project To Assess Bi/Multilingual Services Offered at Selected
Community and Migrant Health Centers--NEW
Recognizing the importance of language-appropriate services to full
and effective health care provision, the Office of Minority and Women's
Health in the Bureau of Primary Health Care [BPHC], Health Resources
and Services Administration [HRSA], proposes to conduct a voluntary
telephone survey to assess the composition and provision of bi/
multilingual services at a sample of 40 Community and Migrant Health
Centers [C/MHCs] selected from those C/MHCs indentified as likely to be
serving high percentages of people who speak languages other than
English. This effort was developed so that information could be
gathered to assist the field, funding agency staff, and policymakers in
better understanding what methods are being used to provide services to
these populations, what works, what does not, and barriers and
facilitators to effective health service provision for speakers of
languages other than English.
The information gathered will provide HRSA with an information base
upon which to build in making future program decisions regarding C/MHC
resource and staffing needs in order to reduce or eliminate the
barriers to health care often faced by non-or limited-English-speaking
populations. The end result of the program will be to assist the
funding agency to help C/MHCs and by extension, other providers of
health care for non-or limited-English speaking populations to provide
appropriate services. An estimate of the hour burden for the 40 C/MHC
Directors selected for the survey is shown below.
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Responses
Form Number of respondents per Hours per Total hour
respondent response burden
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Bi/Multilingual Services Survey........... 40 C/MHC Directors........... 1 2 80
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Send comments to Patricia Royston, HRSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: October 9, 1997.
Jane Harrison,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-27429 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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