[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29658-29659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13924]
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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 Project: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
(OPTN) Data System (OMB No. 0915-0157)--Revision
This is a request for revision of the data system for the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Scientific
Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and the following associated
forms: (1) cadaver donor registration/referral; (2) living donor
registration; (3) donor histocompatibility; (4) potential recipient
form; (5) recipient histocompatibility; (6) transplant candidate
registration; (7) thoracic organ recipient registration; (8) thoracic
organ recipient follow-up; (9) kidney transplant recipient
registration; (10) kidney transplant recipient follow-up form; (11)
liver transplant recipient registration; (12) liver transplant
recipient follow-up; (13) pancreas transplant recipient registration;
(14) pancreas transplant recipient follow-up; (15) intestine transplant
recipient registration; and (16) intestine transplant recipient follow-
up. New forms are related to intestine transplants to collect data
similar to other types of transplants.
The estimated respondent burden is as follows:
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total hour
respondents respondent response burden
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Cadaveric Registration or Referral.............. 65 277 0.3 5,400
Living Donor Registration....................... 680 7 0.2 920
Living Donor Follow-up.......................... 680 14 0.1 952
Donor Histocompatibility........................ 159 75 0.1 1,200
Potential Recipient Form........................ 65 385 0.3 7,500
Recipient Histocompatibility.................... 159 157 0.1 2,500
Transplant Candidate Registration............... 387 114 0.2 15,600
Thoracic Registration........................... 153 27 0.3 1,230
Thoracic Follow-up.............................. 153 144 0.2 4,400
Kidney Registration............................. 252 58 0.3 4,380
Kidney Follow-up................................ 252 500 0.2 25,200
Liver Registration.............................. 125 40 0.4 2,000
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Liver Follow-up................................. 125 192 0.3 7,200
Pancreas Registration........................... 125 11 0.3 420
Pancreas Follow-up.............................. 125 56 0.2 1,400
Intestine Registration.......................... 33 3 0.2 20
Intestine Follow-up............................. 33 6 0.2 40
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Total....................................... 911 .............. .............. 80,362
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Send comments to: Susan Queen, Ph.D., HRSA Reports Clearance
Officer, Room 14-36, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Dated: May 26, 1999.
Jane Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 99-13924 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
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