99-4108. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8388-8389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4108]


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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) publishes periodic summaries of

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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) 
443-1891.

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 Project: Healthy Start Data Reporting Requirements--New

    This project will annually collect and report data from Federal 
Healthy Start grantees using electronic reporting formats. Information 
will be obtained on the utilization of local Healthy Start services, 
the characteristics of the populations served, and the impact of 
provided services on the health and pregnancy outcomes of clients 
served. These data will enable grantees to document project 
accomplishments and will provide information that will be used in 
setting priorities and decisionmaking for Federal program managers.
    The burden estimate is as follows:

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                                                 Number of      Responses per      Hours per       Total burden
             Type of respondent                 respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Grantees....................................              95                1               77            7,315
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    Total...................................              95                                              7,315
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    Send comments to Susan G. Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance 
Officer, Room 14-33, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this 
notice.

    Dated: February 12, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-4108 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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