[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8706]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; IHS, Community Health
Representative Activity Reporting Sample
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for 60-day public comment period
on proposed data collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS)
is publishing a summary of a proposed information collection project to
be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval.
Proposed Collection
Title: 0917-0010, ``IHS, Community Health Representative Activity
Reporting Sample''. Type of Information Collection Request: A 3 year
approval for reinstatement, without change, of previously approved
information collection, 0917-0010, ``IHS, Community Health
Representative Activity Reporting Sample'', which expired 02/28/97.
Need and Use of Information Collection: Section 107 ``Community Health
Representative (CHR) Program'' of the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act, Public Law 100-713 authorizes the IHS to develop a system to
review and evaluate the CHR program. The information collected is used
to review and evaluate contract performance (e.g., the number and types
of health services being provided); to prepare program reports; to
develop program training plans and, performance and accreditation
standards; to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the program;
and, to meet the management and administrative needs of the CHR
program.
See Table 1 below for; Type(s) of Data Collection Instruments,
Estimated Number of Respondents, Number of Responses per Respondent,
Average Burden Hour per Response, and Total Annual Burden Hours.
Table 1
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Estimated Responses
Data collection instrument No. of per Average burden hour per Total annual
respondents respondent response * burden hours
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Report of CHR Activities................. 1,100 4 0.10 hours (6 minutes)..... 6,600
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
Request for Comments
Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more
of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function; (b) whether the
agency processes the information collected in a useful and timely
fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate (the estimated
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the
requested information); (d) whether the methodology and assumptions
used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Send Comments and Requests For Further Information: Send your
written comments, requests for more information on the proposed
project, or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument
and instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., IHS Reports Clearance
Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601,
or call non-toll free (301) 443-0461, fax (301) 443-1522, or send your
E-mail requests, comments, and return address to lhodahkw@smtp.ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information
collection are best assured of having their full effect if received on
or before June 6, 1997.
Dated: March 31, 1997.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director.
[FR Doc. 97-8706 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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